sonority/timbre

electric guitar, bass, synthesiser,

cpntemporary instruments

sitar, dilruba

both indian string instruments

palm mute

guitar technique when sound is muted by resting palm of the picking hand across the strings near the bridge.

pitch bend

player bends the pitch of the note being sounded

hammer on

finger is hammered onto the fretboard causing a note to sound

pull off

string is already ringing with a fretted finger down. when the finger is removed the string is slightly pulled and a new note is played without re-picking the string

bottleneck/slide guitar

metal or glass tube placed on one finger and slid on the fretboard causing to create a glissando effect

rim shot

player hits drum head and rim at the same time, creating an accented effect

falsetto

male singing in a high register- like a soprano or alto

belt

powerful vocal technique used to produce loud, strong and emotionally intense sounds

rap

rhythmic spoken word

beat boxing

using voice to create musical and rhythmic sounds

scatting

singing of nonsense syllables instead of words

slap bass

percussive bass guitar technique- pulling on and slapping strings

effects- amplication

changing sound and length of notes- mmakeing them louder in this case

distortion

alter sound of amplified instruments

ADT(automatc double tracking)

imitates effect of doubling voices or instruments using double tracking so musician doesn’t have to preform their part again

DIT(direct input transformer)

recording directly into a mixing desk without an amplifier