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Dynamics & Expressive Techniques - Coggle Diagram
Dynamics & Expressive Techniques
Defintions:
Dynamics:
The amount of energy used to express music.
Expressive Techniques:
The way the musical elements are expressed (how the sound is produced).
Manipulated
Expressive Techniques
Ornamentation
Acciaccatura:
a ‘crushed’ note: a note played at the same time as, and crushed into, the following note, where the value does not change.
Appoggiatura:
a ‘leaning’ note: a note that leans into the following note, changing the note value.
Trills:
rapid alternation between two notes.
Mordent
Upper Mordent:
we hear a note, then the one above it, then the first note.
Lower Mordent:
we hear a note, then the one below it, then the first note.
Glissando:
a slide from one note to another.
Turn:
notes turn around a note: we hear a note, then one higher, then one lower than the first note, and then the first note.
Articulation
Accent:
notes attacked strongly with emphasis.
Forte-Piano (fp):
attack loudly, then immediately soft.
Sforzando (sfz):
with sudden emphasis.
Sforzando-Piano (sfp):
with sudden emphasis, then immediately at a soft volume.
Slur:
notes are joined (must be two different notes).
Staccato:
notes short and detached.
Tenuto:
notes held for their entire value
Pizzicato:
strings are plucked.