Music: Technology: Music Technology Skills - Concept Lists (National 3 – Higher) Mr P.

Donald

Music: Technology
National 3
Music Technology Skills
Melody / Harmony Rhythm / Tempo Texture / Structure / Form Timbre / Dynamics
Ascending Accent/Accented Unison/Octave Acoustic
Descending Beat/Pulse Harmony/Chord Electronic
Step (Stepwise) BPM (Beats per Solo Striking (Hitting)
Minute)
Leap (Leaping) 2,3 or 4 Beats in the Accompanied Blowing
Bar
Repetition On the Beat Unaccompanied Bowing
Sequence Off the Beat Repetition Strumming
Improvisation Repetition Riff Plucking
Chord Slower Ostinato Acoustic Guitar
Chord Change Faster Electric Guitar
Pause Piano
Drum Fill Organ
Synthesizer
Drum Kit
Voice/Vocals
cresc. - crescendo

dim. - diminuendo

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Music Technological Terms (National 3)

Technological Technological Terms Styles & Genres Controls & Effects Processes
Developments
Player Pianos Beat Jazz Delay Backup Copy
Acoustic Horn/Cylinder Capture Blues EQ (Equalisation) Format
Wax Cylinders Channel Rock Gain/Trim Mix/Mixing/Balance
Gramophone Records Distortion/Overload Disco Mono(phonic) Normalising
Vinyl LPs and 45 RPM Dry/Wet Panning Sampled
Records
MIDI Playback Save
Sequenced Data Record Audio/Stereo
Master
Session Log Reverb(eration) USB (port)
Track Names/List Stereo(phonic)
Virtual Instrument Tracks Time Domain
Volume

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Music: Technology
National 4
Music Technology Skills

Melody / Harmony Rhythm / Tempo Texture / Structure / Form Timbre / Dynamics

Major/Minor Syncopation Binary (AB) Woodwind Instruments
(Tonality)
Broken Chord Time Signature: Ternary (ABA) String Instruments
2 3 4 6
4 4 4 8
Arpeggio Anacrusis Song Structure: Verse and Chorus Brass Instruments
Change of Key Accel(erando) Middle 8 Percussion Instruments
Pedal Rall(entando) Imitation Bass Guitar
Scale A Tempo Distortion
Octave Muted
Vamp Backing Vocals
Scat Singing Voices (SATB)

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Music Technological Terms (National 4)

Technological Technological Terms Styles & Genres Controls & Effects Processes
Developments
Radio Apps Ragtime Compression/Expansion Click Track
Juke Box Arrange Window Swing Effects(FX) Copy
CD Players Arrangement Synth Pop Fader Cut and Paste
MP3 Players Clipping Electronica Line Level Effects Pedals
Electric Guitar (Solid Feedback Dance Music Microphone Final Mix
Body)
Electric Organ File Management Rap Tone Control General MIDI
(GM)
Intro/Outro Transport Bar/Controls Guide Vocal
Lead Vocal Import/Export
Popping and Blasting Mute
Sibilance Overdub
Take Peak
Tempo Sequencer
Signal Path
Synchronisation
(Sync)
WAV/AIFF File

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Music: Technology
National 5
Music Technology Skills

Melody / Harmony Rhythm / Tempo Texture / Structure / Form Timbre / Dynamics

Atonal Ritardando (rit.) Strophic Arco
Cluster Time Signature: Walking Bass Pizzicato
2 3 4 6
4 4 4 8
Inverted Pedal Anacrusis Homophonic Rolls
Chromatic Accel(erando) Polyphonic Voices: Mezzo Soprano,
Baritone
Whole Tone Scale Rall(entando) Coda
Glissando A Tempo Bridge/Link Passage
Modulation Instrumental Break
Countermelody
Pitch Bend
Tone/Semitone

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Music Technological Terms (National 5)

Technological Technological Terms Styles & Genres Controls & Effects Processes
Developments
Reel to Reel Magnetic Glitch Rock ‘N’ Roll Auxiliary (Aux) Beat-Matching
Tape in(put)/out(put)
Stereo LPs Hum Scottish Auxiliary Digital Processor
Send/Return
Guitar Pick-Up Cyclical/Loop Celtic Rock Boost EQ/Cut EQ Drop In/Out
8-Track Recording/Multi- Play List 60s Pop Chorus Effect and Fade In/Out
Track Recording Depth
(Analogue and Digital)
Audio/MIDI Interface Sampler Punk Close Mic’d Import/Export
Virtual Instruments Sound Card Country Music dB (Decibels) Latency
Performance Software Spillage/Leakage Hip Hop Gated Locators
Reverberation
(Reverb)
Toolbox Musical LFO Markers
Transpose Noise Gate Multi Effects
Processor
Pitch Bend Quantisation
Punch In/Out Vocal Enhancer

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Music: Technology
Higher
Music Technology Skills

Melody / Harmony Rhythm / Tempo Texture / Structure / Form Timbre / Dynamics

Relative Time Changes Through Composed Harmonics
Major/Minor
Interval Irregular Time Accents
Metres

Inversion Staccato marks

Phrase marks

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Music Technological Terms (Higher)

Technological Technological Styles & Genres Controls & Effects Processes
Developments Terms
Stereo LPs Ambience Musique Cutt-Off Frequency ADSR Envelope
Concrète (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release)
Bass Guitar Clipping impressionist Limiter Crossfade
Electronic Drum Kit File Compression Jazz Funk Modulation Controller
Cassette Impedance Soul Music Phase/Phaser/Flanger Filter
Recorder/Player/Tape
DJ Decks/Mixer Patch Indie Pre-Post-Fade Insert Point
Minidisc Parameters New Wave Portamento Plug-Ins
Sequencer Proximity Effect Time Sample Editor
Compression/Time
Expansion
Streaming Audio Simulator Shelving Equalisation Sample Frequency
Track Object Signal-To-Noise Ratio Threshold
Velocity Triggering

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