National 4 Music Technology concepts

A

A tempo, AB, ABA, Accelerando, Alto, Anacrusis, Apps, Arrange window, Arpeggio, Arrangement

B

Backing vocals, Bass, Bass guitar, Binary, Brass, Broken chord

C

Change of key, Click track, Clipping, Compression, Compressor, Copy, cut and paste

D

Distortion

E

Effects (FX), Effects pedals, Electronica/dance music, Expander, Expansion, Export

F

Fader, Feedback, File management, Final mix

G

General MIDI, Guide vocal

I

Imitation, Import, Input, Intro/outro

L

Lead vocal, Line level

M

Major, Microphone level, Middle eight, Minor, Mute, Muted

O

Octave, Output, Overdub

P

Peak, Pedal, Percussion, Popping and blasting

R

Ragtime, Rallentando, Rapping

S

Scale, Scat singing, Sequencer, Sibilance, Signal path, Skiffle, Soprano, Strings, Swing, Synchronisation, Syncopation, Synth pop

T

Take, Tempo, Tenor, Ternary, Tone control, Transport bar/controls

V

Vamp, Verse and chorus

W

.wav/.aiff files, Woodwind