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MUH 218 Texture

  1. growl
    a dirty sound created when a horn player hums while playing
  2. lip trill
     a bass player rapidly aternating between two tones without changing fingerings
  3. mute
    a device that when inserted into the bell of a brass instruments alters the tone quality
  4. scat-singing
    vocalized stylized nonsense syllable like an improvised horn solo
  5. shake / trill / tremolo
    rapid alternation of two pitches
  6. timbre
    the unique sound quality or color of an instrument or voice
  7. vibrato
    a rapid pitch fluctuation of a tone
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MUH 218 Texture
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terms descriptive of performance techniques and devices
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