If you love music so much, you better be able to answer a few questions about it. And I’m not referring to questions like what is your favourite song? Or what is the hottest song of the moment?
I mean questions on Music itself.
Music is a field of human endeavour. It is a field of academic pursuit. Music is more than a good voice and an ear for sound. There are people whose passion for music has driven them to study everything there is to know about music. There are also some whose love for music has driven them to be masters of some elements of music. Then there are the rest of us who just want to listen to good music, dance to it, and enjoy life. If you belong to this category, it wouldn’t hurt to learn the basics, would it? So here are a few musical terms you should know.
Pitch: the position of a sound in the complete range of sounds. It is how high or low a note sounds when played.
Key: is a group or pitches or notes which guides music composition.
Adlib: is the part of a song that a singer sings on varying notes and tempos for a stylistic effect on the song. So the next time you hear a sweet “ohhh yesss” in a song, that’s an Adlib.
Unison: when two or more musical parts sing at the same pitch. The idea is for the different voices to sound like one.
Harmony: when two or more musical parts are sung or played simultaneously. The parts sing at a different pitch but at the same time to produce a single sound. When listening to a song, you'll notice there are voices singing the song differently but complementing each other.
These are things you will encounter in most songs. The good part is the next time you do, you know what exactly is going on and what it is called.
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