Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

Pop Music (Musicals (Features (Meant to be entertaining and easy to listen…

- - - - Based on a raga
      - Raga performances are improvised using the notes of the raga and rhythm patterns known as talas
      - Instruments
        
        Sitar
        
        Tambura (similar to Sitar but 4 strings)
        
        Tabla (Pair of drums)
        
        Dilruba
        
        Sitar, dilruba and esraj have strings underneath called sympathetic strings - thick, shimmery sound.
        
        Playing techniques include pitch bends or glissandos.
      - The Metre changes throughout, adding to the psychadelic effect.
      - Has a static harmony
  - - - Electric guitar
      - Bass
      - Cowbell
      - Piano
      - Drums
  - - - Acoustic guitar
      - Drum kit
      - Electric guitar
      - Bass guitar
      - Lowrey organ
- - - - Can be:
      - In harmony
      - Unison
      - Descant (singing higher part in time with main tune)
      - Call and response
    - - A capella
      - Vibrato
      - Falsetto
      - Portamento
      - Scat
      - Riffing (decorate (up or down scale) usually at end of phrase)
      - Rapping
      - Beatboxing
    - - Reverb - adds echo to the sound
      - Multi-tracking - Recording each part on its own track and playing all tracks together.
      - Sampling - short recording of someone else's music in your song.
      - Vocoder - type of synthesizer
  - - - Lead guitar: tune
      - Rhythm guitar: chords
      - Bass guitar: bass lines
      - Electric guitars can play effects:
        
        Distortion - a grungy, dirty sound.
        
        Fuzz - fuzzy-sounding distortion
        
        Chorus - makes it sound like more than one instrument is playing
        
        Flanger and Phaser - wooshing noise.
        
        Compression - evens out variations in volume.
        
        Panning - sends different sounds through different speakers.
    - - Drummer sets the temp and plays rhythms to fit the style of the song.
      - Sometimes drum pads and drum machines are used instead.
    - - Can play the melody or chords to fill out the harmony.
- - - - Tune that returns throughout the film
    - - Links different parts of the film together. Reminds you of something that happened earlier in the film.