Timbre:
Anything other than pitch and loudness that distinguishes one sound from another. AKA: color, tone quality, texture
It has been subdivided differently by different folks. For example: tone/noise, spectrum (harmonics), ADSR, changes in envelopes, prefix.
Formant:
“Harmonic augmented by resonance.” This shows up as a somewhat more dominant harmonic that changes at a different rate from overall pitch. This becomes evident when doing pitch adjustments (e.g. auto-tune), especially with vocals. Many pitch shifting plugins will have a special “formant” control that allows the formant to be shifted separately for a more natural sound.
XLR (as in XLR cable):
- X = Ground
- L = Left
- R = Right
Pitched and unpitched percussion:
- Pitched percussion is a drum, mallet instrument, or any other percussion instrument that is specifically tuned for a particular pitch to match the key or melody of a song.
- Unpitched percussion is any percussion instrument that is not specifically pitched, though the instrument may be tuned (e.g. a snare drum). Even though a snare drum is tuned so that it sounds good, it is (usually) not tuned to a particular pitch to match other instruments.
- The terms “tuned percussion” and “untuned percussion” were replaced with pitched and unpitched, due to the confusion of being able to tune “untuned” (unpitched) instruments. Many percussion instrument can be used as either pitched or unpitched.
Organology: The science of musical instruments.
Raag Pahadi:
An Indian Raga which is a scale as well as a way of playing the notes. Has different scales for ascending and descending. (See Image: http://raag-hindustani.com/Scales3.html)
The twelve notes used in Hindustani raga music, their Western equivalents, solfa-syllables, and notations. An introduction to the basic diatonic scale. (See Image: http://raag-hindustani.com/Notes.html)
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