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PLYWOOD Phonogram.
Fade The fading of the sounds of the composition as an ending. If this technique is used at a concert, you have plywood in front of you.
PHONE A strike on a string when the left finger only lightly touches it in the zone of its metric division (for example, above the 12th fret). It makes a buzzing sound.
ARTIFICIAL FLAGHOLE The string is pressed or depressed - it doesn't matter, the harmonic is called by the finger of the right hand and the plectrum. On a drive-distortion, they whistle like that. In the same way, I can play a rock and roll square on one string with just my right hand without touching any fret.
FLANGER The effect of sound coming from the side. It smacks of the Doppler effect.
FLOYD ROSE A lever that allows you to both loosen and increase the tension of the strings. Usually a powerful thing like this with micro-tuning.
Grace lag A short note that steals the duration from the main note (you can just say "twang", or you can say "d-twister" - as if "twitter" with the grace note "d").
FUZ Sound distortion effect. The word is too general, and in Russian it sounds wrong (from the verb fuzz [fuzz] - distort).
Accompaniment- performing background music, helping another musician, accompanying the main melody with one or more secondary instruments.
A musical term for a combination of three or more sounds. A chord creates a voluminous beautiful sound from the combined notes. It happens minor and major.
A metal rod that is located along the entire length of the guitar neck and serves to regulate its deflection. In other words, the truss rod helps keep the neck straight without being swayed by string tension.
A number of special notations that help the musician to save movement during the game, while correctly placing the fingers; the sequence in which each finger is used during the game. Fingering is put down in musical notations using numbers, letters and other symbols.
Arrangement- adaptation of a piece of music to some other instrument or voice. The arrangement of the composition implies the performance in a different set of instruments. And also - a convenient and simple arrangement of a song for a specific musical instrument.
Attack- the force of impact on the strings / increase in sound. It is most often used in relation to electric guitars, where a different pick force allows you to get a different sound brightness. The term is also used among vocalists.
Bridge- the device responsible for holding the strings is located on the body. Also called "machine", if it has the ability to adjust the pitch using a special lever. Bridge is also called the transitional moments in the song (bridge from English - bridge).
Band- string pull. A special guitar technique often used on all types of guitars except classical. Characterized by a smooth transition from one sound to another. Smooth means gradual, not slow, as bends can be either sharp or slow.
(Guitar Pro) is a program for a computer that greatly facilitates the work of a guitarist who disassembles guitar tabs, allowing them to be played using midi, slow down, repeat certain sections of tablature, etc.
Deca- the second name of the guitar body, or rather its front and bottom parts. It is more used in relation to acoustic guitars, as it is customary to consider a deck - an acoustic sound amplifier.
distortion- a way of sound distortion / overload. This sound effect is often used on electric guitars (less often bass guitars) in various musical directions, and is widespread among rock artists. Obtained from additional guitar devices.
A special accessory, resembling a clothespin, serves to quickly change the guitar standing by shortening the working length of the string. Attach directly to the guitar neck.
Kataway- a special cutout in the acoustic guitar, serves for convenient finger reaching to the last frets.
One of the most important guitar parts, located on the headstock and serves to adjust the tension of the strings. With the help of pegs, the correct sound of the instrument is adjusted.
Kombik- This is a guitar sound amplifier (combo amplifier). Guitars with pickups are connected to the amp: electric guitar, semi-acoustic and bass guitar. They are divided into tube and transistor.
Metal frets, which are located transversely across the neck, serve to change the sound of the string. Each subsequent fret increases the sound by a semitone or a tone.
A device that divides short intervals of time into rhythmic beats. Often used by novice musicians (not just guitarists) to develop a sense of rhythm.
A special plastic "triangle", which is used by guitarists as an element that allows you to get a bright and sonorous sound.
This is the name of the working length of the string (the part of the string that serves to extract the sound), that is, from the first to the last nut. It differs on different types of guitars.
Special graphic designations, with the help of which you can convey on paper information understandable to the guitarist about the rhythm, pitch and duration of the sound. In conventional modern notation, guitar notes are written in treble clef and an octave higher than they sound. This is due to the need to avoid writing a large number of additional lines on the staff.
shell- the part of the guitar body that combines the bottom and top decks. That is, it would be more correct to say "roll on the side" than "roll on the body / deck"
Palm muting- light muting of the strings with the right hand. Adds a certain dryness and harshness to the sound, mainly used on electric guitars in heavy music genres.
power chord- a powerful chord (two-tone), often used in writing riffs, is applied with the "Distortion" effect. A chord consists of fifth and root tones.
Socket- cutout on the top deck of acoustic and classical guitars. The purpose of the socket is to serve as an output for the acoustic sound amplified by the guitar body.
Sustain- this is the sounding time (duration) of the extracted note. With the help of different string muting strengths and different positions of the right hand during muting, you can set a different sustain. Various types of compressors are used to artificially adjust the sustain.
Simplified view of musical notation. Often used by musicians without musical education.
flageolet A guitar technique used to produce an overtone sound. Flageolets are divided into artificial and natural. Naturals are performed by lightly pressing the string in special places of its division.
humbucker- double magnetic pickup, consists of two coils of single coils. Became widely used in heavy music. Designed to suppress noise.
Distortion/Gain- a sound effect that is characterized by high sensitivity to "manipulation" with the strings, as well as a heavy, "overdriven" sound. Must-Have for any Mitol lover.
Chord- Simultaneous sounding of three or more notes.
Acoustic guitar- This is a stringed-plucked instrument, which consists of a fretboard, a resonator body and strings. One of the most widely used tools on the planet.
Arpeggio- this is a note sequence in which the notes of a chord are not played together, but sequentially, one after another. To put it simply, an arpeggio is a "decomposed" chord. Sometimes this term is used as a synonym for the word "busting" on stringed instruments such as the guitar.
Articulation- this is a method of playing notes in which they are played clearly, with underlining. On the guitar, it is achieved with the help of deliberately precise and active pressing with the fingers and a "concrete" strike of the fingers or a pick.
barre- a guitar technique in which several strings are pressed on one fret with one finger.
Bend(lift) - a guitar technique that is widely used in rock, blues, metal and other styles. During its execution, the guitarist tightens the string with his fingers, thus changing the pitch of the note.
Bending- the same as the band.
Blues- a direction in music that was born and developed in the United States at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century. It combines various national elements of African, European and even Chinese culture. Initially appeared among black migrants, but very soon gained popularity around the world.
Top deck- the top of the body of the guitar.
Gamma (chromatic, major, minor, etc.)- a note sequence or progression in which the distance between notes does not exceed a second. On the guitar, this is the distance across the fret. For example, the first fret is the third fret.
guitar tuning is a method of guitar tuning in which the strings are tuned to specific notes.
Vulture- this is the part of the guitar along which the strings are located and on which there are metal frets - frets.
damping- muting the strings.
Dynamics is the development of a piece of music during its performance. It is achieved through the means of musical expressiveness: changing the tempo, changing the volume level, accentuating notes, etc.
capo- a device for pressing the strings on the neck of the guitar. Using a capo, you can easily change the tuning (tonality) without rebuilding the guitar.
Kombik(combo amplifier) - a device that combines a guitar amplifier and a speaker. Also, a common version with a built-in effects processor. An electric guitar (or other instruments) is connected to the “combo”, thanks to which they sound.
Lad This word has two meanings. The first is a complex system of sounds and relationships between them, in which each note has a specific role to play. The second is the distance between the metal frets on the fretboard of stringed instruments, such as a guitar.
Legato is a method of playing notes on any musical instrument. The opposite of staccato playing. This method is characterized by a continuous and smooth change of notes. On the guitar, legato is performed using techniques such as hammer-on (hammer-on) and pull-off (pull-off).
Mediator- a plate made of plastic or other synthetic materials, with the help of which sound is extracted on stringed instruments, bringing the string into an oscillatory state.
Melism- This is a melodic figure that decorates the main sounds of the melody. As a rule, these are very fast notes that are separated from the main sound by an interval of a second and do not have their own rhythmic time. In a simple way, these are very short notes that are used before or after the main notes to decorate them and make them not boring. The most common melismas are: grace note, mordent, gruppetto, trill.
Metal- a direction in music, which includes many styles and sub-styles. For the most part, metal is characterized by a heavy or very heavy electric guitar sound with the use of effects such as Overdrive and Distortion. It originated in the 70s of the XX century, but the development of the direction continues to this day.
Metronome is a device (mechanical or digital) or application (program) that counts the rhythm. With it, musicians can play at a certain tempo or train their sense of rhythm.
lower dec a - the lower part of the body of the guitar.
Percussion- the use of various national and ethnic percussion instruments in music, such as cajon, darbuka, tam-tam, cow-bell, etc. As a rule, percussion is used in acoustic music, although its use is very wide and can be used in various genres including electronic music.
Pull-off- guitar technique, one of the types of legato. The reverse reception of the hammer-on. When using it, you need to sharply release the finger of the “vulture” hand pressed on any fret, while slightly picking up the string, as if tearing it off. It is also used without the participation of the "mediator" hand.
Rhythm- this is a proportional alternation of the durations of sounds. Proportionate, means pulsating movement, which can be expressed in certain durations (quarters, eighths, etc.) and which form certain rhythmic figures (groups).
rhythm guitar- this is the conditional role of the guitar in a musical group. Typically, the rhythm guitar, as the name suggests, plays the rhythmic part on chords or riffs. This part plays the role of the harmonic basis of the work.
Rhythmic pattern- a looped sequence of durations. For example, a guitar beat that repeats from chord to chord.
Rock- direction in music, which includes a huge number of styles. Rock is characterized by the use of an electric guitar as the main instrument, which in most cases is "overdriven". As a standard, rock is performed by small musical groups, which include an electric guitar (or several), bass guitar and drums.
Sweep ("broom") is a guitar technique in which the player plucks the strings very quickly in one direction, either up or down. Used for playing fast arpeggios.
Slide (glissando)- a technique used on strings, keyboards and wind instruments, in which we "ride" from one note to another. In our case (on the guitar) it is achieved by pressing a fret on the fretboard and then “moving” to another fret without releasing the finger. Thus, a sliding sound is obtained.
Solo- in classical music theory, a part of a piece of music in which only one solo instrument sounds. For example, in a symphony orchestra, all the musicians fall silent and one violin plays. In rock music, this concept means a certain loss without words, during which one of the instruments (usually a guitar) takes on the role of a leader and “sausages” something complex and fast for some time.
Pace- in a broad sense, the speed of movement of music. Tempo is a means of musical expression. The pace is conditionally divided into slow, moderate and fast.
Key is a system of sounds and relationships between them. When we say that a piece of music is written in a certain key, this means that it sounds at a certain pitch and uses (except for situational exceptions) the notes that are included in the scale (list) of notes corresponding to this key. Keys are major and minor.
Trill- This is a type of melisma (melodic figure), in which two notes are played very quickly, repeating several times. The sound of a trill can be described by the letter combination "Trrrrr".
Phrasing- this is the process of modifying a musical fragment, replacing one technique with another, adding or vice versa removing some notes, etc. This concept refers to a kind of improvisation when you take part of a melody and change it slightly. At the same time, the original is recognized, but it already sounds a little different.
Hammer-on- guitar technique, one of the types of legato. To get it, you need to hit the finger of the "vulture" hand on the string without the participation of the "pick" hand. This technique gives a significant increase in speed.
Expression- this is a style of playing in which the musician uses sweeping movements, plays loudly and "widely". As a rule, it is used in the culmination of a piece of music to emphasize the dynamics of the performance.
Electric guitar- a type of guitar on which special pickups are installed, which "remove" the vibrations of the strings and transmit it in the form of an electrical signal. The loudness of the sound in the electric guitar is achieved not due to the resonator deck, but due to the power of the amplifier and speaker, to which the electric guitar is connected.
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ACCORD In principle, this is what our ear perceives as "sweat". But there are more complex options (see Arpeggio).
ACOUSTICS Any wood guitar, usually classical.
ANCHOR, ANCHOR ROD ( truss rod) Such a steel stick-string in the cavity of the neck of the guitar, which protects the neck from bending.
APOYANDO (from Spanish. apoyando, leaning) A word for showing off in front of backward labukhs. In the classical guitar school - a pinch, after which the finger rests on the adjacent string.
APPODJATURA (from Italian. appoggiatura) See Accakatura.
ARCTOP (English) arch top) A type of acoustic or semi-acoustic guitar with a convex front and lfs (f-shaped sound holes) along the sides of the body.
ARPEGGIO (from Italian. arpeggio, from arpa- “like on a harp”) The plucking of strings when playing a chord is like playing a harp.
ATTACK Increasing the strength of the sound, the force of hitting the strings.
ACHCHAKATURA A word for showing off in front of labukhs who did not study at the classical guitar school (from Italian. acciaccatura). Just a simple grace note - a quick crumpled rendition of an additional tone, some kind of sharp "bleeds". Unlike the appojatura, it does not steal the duration of the root note.
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BUTTERFLY The colloquial name of some characteristic cases. For example, B.C. Rich.
BALLAD Metal lingerie.
BANK Same as guitar.
BARITONE GUITAR, BARITONAL GUITAR Something in between the regular guitar and the bass guitar. A larger scale (longer strings) improves the ability to play strings with less tension.
BARRE LARGE Overlapping all strings on one fret with the index finger.
BARRE SMALL The same, but not all strings. It is usually used by professional guitarists so that the audience does not see what chords they are playing (often the chords are very trivial).
BASSIST A member of a rock band who produces the lowest sounds, and, as a rule, the most infringed in rights and freedoms (well, except for Paul McCartney, of course).
BASUHA Bass guitar. It usually has 4 strings. It happens that they play on 6, sometimes on three, if one of them suddenly breaks.
FRETLESS GUITAR This is usually a bass bass for show-offs in experimental styles. The sound of such a bass is quieter than that of ordinary ones (the finger does not press the string as hard as on the nut), but softer.
BEND (English) bend) Tightening the sound (frequent vibrato) by moving your finger across the fretboard. Somewhat reminiscent of the wow effect, but it sounds more thoughtful.
BENDED FINGER This is the third finger in the fingering (ring finger) and is most commonly used for pull-ups.
BLAT CHORDS, THREE BLAT CHORDS Am, Dm, E7 guitar chords. The basis of any blatnyak or "Russian chanson", as it is now called.
BLUES PENTATONICS The backbone of any rock solo. Steps: 1, b3, 4, b5, 5, 7.
BRIDGE 1. Bridge bridge. 2. The machine itself, if the bridge is included in its design. 3. Transition-bundle in a song/composition.
BOOST (English) boost) Increase the sound level, amplify.
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WELDING THE STRINGS It is a Soviet myth that if you weld old strings, the dirt and grease accumulated under the braid will melt, and the strings will sound better. Some believed in it and cooked :).
WAH-WAH, WAH-EFFECT, WAH-FUNCTION A bells and whistles function, in which the guitar makes sounds like a cat tugging at one place. Usually the guitarist himself regulates the force of the cat's twitching (the amplitude of the sound). If you chirp on only one string and use this effect extensively, listeners will for a moment think that you play as well as Malmsteen or Steve Vai.
TURN A repeating rhythmic figure in a solo (the guitarist, as it were, loops over a piece of phrase). The academic name for such figures is ostinato.
MERRY CHORD A chord with doubling some notes on the open strings. Previously marked with an asterisk (E*, A*) in the entry. It doesn't have to be a major chord that's fun. Here is an example of a cheerful Em*:
VIBRATO The vibration of a finger on a string that changes the sound.
VIU E LA A compact 12-string popular in medieval Spain. But even now it is sometimes used by masochists (high string tension, high injury rate, etc.).
WOLF QUINT A term that has nothing to do with the above-described wolf tone (top), but many bast shoes who bought a shovel in the vegetable department still think that it’s not their crooked little hands on a crooked jar that are fake, but the theory of music itself is to blame. If interested, more details about Pythagorean comms and well-tempered tuning can be read on wikipedia .
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GIBSON, JIBSON One of the best classic rock guitars (Les Paul). It is believed that if it is set on fire on stage, it burns longer than the Stratocaster.
GUITAR BUT ST Guitarist. Initially bad, but now - any, even good and heterosexual.
GUITAR PROCESSOR The same as a pedal, only bigger and with a lot of bells and whistles.
GUITARRON Mexican six-string bass guitar. Used in Mexican mariachi bands.
GLISSANDO A smooth transition between notes.
GRIF This is the stick on which the strings are held. RUN ALL THE GROUND - play a passage starting on the 6th string and ending on the last fret of the first (the expression is usually purely figurative).
GROUPPETO Melisma in the form of a loss of four notes.
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DIVE BOMB A quick decrease in the pitch of a note with a lever, creating a sound that mimics the dropping of a bomb. One of the pioneers of this technique is Jimi Hendrix.
DECK The main body of a guitar. It's what gives it its characteristic sound.
JAZUKHA Jazz school. Half of the guitarists around the world look like graduates of these schools.
JUMBO (English) jumbo) A popular type of acoustic or electro-acoustic guitar with a large body and steel strings, popular with country players. One of the most famous jumbo is the Gibson J-200 (Super Jumbo 200).
JACK A typical finger plug (jack, jack-male) of a guitar cord or plug (hole, jack-female).
JAM, JAM SESSION jam session) The meeting of several guitarists and their joint improvisation is like the apogee of drinking.
DELAY, ECHO DELAY delay) Audio lag sound effect.
D O BRO (English) Dobro) A type of acoustic guitar with a built-in metal resonator.
DORIAN BLUES MINOR Steps: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b5, #6, b7. Where the name came from, I don't know. Probably the ancient Dorians once drank with the blues...
DRIVE DISTORTION, OVERLOAD distortion- distortion) A type of distortion effect and bells and whistles - usually a "metallic" sound. In the photo - the quiet Soviet horror "Lel".
DRAM MACHINE A complicated version of the metronome with many rhythms, imitating drums.
WOOD, BOARD, WOOD Acoustic guitar.
Dreadnought (English) dreadnought) American nickname for acoustic guitars with steel strings and a large "flat" body.
FIREWOOD Electric guitars like "Ural", "Orpheus", "Muzima", "Aelita".
Lumberjack A player on such electric guitars.
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SPRUCE BOARD The spruce body of an acoustic guitar (they are usually made of spruce or cedar). It is believed that spruce soundboards, unlike cedar, sound better over time.
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IRON Frets, tuning pegs, screws, cars. Depending on the context.
ZhEKOVSKAYA TEAM A group rehearsing in office premises, performing at small discos, etc.
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PICKUP Plank with miniature microphones under each string.
SOUND 1. Sometimes this microphone is on the pickup, but usually the pickup itself. 2. Sound engineer.
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IMITATION Usually only in classical guitar when playing fugues. The second voice imitates the first with a slight delay. The ability to play imitations speaks of the skill of the guitarist (independence of finger movements).
INTRO Introduction. It's in almost every rock song.
SPANISH GUITAR Classical six-string guitar.
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GIMP Winding strings.
CAPO, CAPO A little thing that presses the strings at a certain fret. Zero threshold equivalent.
KATHAWAY (English) cutaway) A cutout in an acoustic guitar, which serves to conveniently reach the last frets with your fingers.
SQUARE One musical phrase, a section of a composition like four times four measures.
QUAKUShKA, QUAKER Wah-wah prefix.
NOD A lever that only allows you to loosen the tension of the strings.
STICK The headstock has a characteristic shape.
KOLOK A screw with a drum that stretches a string.
COMBI A kind of cabinet with a speaker and an amplifier. You can sometimes put your foot or a mug of beer on it.
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LABUKH A musician, usually a guitarist.
LAD 1. Transverse division of the neck (zero fret - open string). 2. Composition of sounds, gamma.
LAMP Tube amplifier.
SHAPEST The nickname of an inept guitarist who thinks he plays cool (like a lamer on the net).
LEFT-HANDED Guitar, not overstretched, but specially made for left-handers (inverted soundboard, neck, etc.).
LEGATO In guitar music, usually the extraction of sound without the help of the right hand using pool and hammer techniques.
SHOVEL, OAR, CAN, AX See.
LUTNER Guitar master.
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MAHOGONY Mahogany, as well as the color of the mahogany guitar.
MIDDLEAK A song at a slow tempo.
MELISM A type of perversion - the addition of a heaped pattern from notes adjacent in duration (grace marks, trills, mordents - all these are melismas).
MEAL The distance from the saddle to the saddle of the guitar. In fact, the term is much more complicated, because there is mensural notation and other monsters from music theory and sound physics.
MICRO-TUNING A screw on a typewriter above each string, I hope I don't need to explain why.
MICROPHONE A civilized name for the sound of an electric guitar.
MORDENT Melisma in the form of a legato of three notes.
MEAT Hard, rich electric guitar drive.
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FINGERBOARD The fabric at the top of the fretboard where the frets are driven in.
NASHVILLE TUNING Indicates that the 6th and 3rd strings are tuned an octave higher than normal. Approximately, we can assume that such a system has a 12-string. On "Nashville", lowered by half a step, Joe Satriani likes to play.
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BREAKING OF THE STRINGS Removal of metal line from humous soviet strings. Because of this tape, the strings sounded quiet, so many guitarists stripped it by hand.
SHELL A sheet of plywood bent in the shape of Jennifer Lopez between the decks.
FEEDBACK (FEEDBACK - fdbk) Excitation of the string from its own sound. Unruly O.S. can be obtained by simply coughing into an acoustic deck or bringing an electric guitar with a sounding string to the amp. Managed O.S. - a kind of artificial harmonic caused by the sound of a string.
OVERDRIVE A type of distortion and boost effect (usually a "Blackmore" sound).
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POWERCHORD, POWERCHORD A middle or low register chord that sounds good on a drive-distortion (usually just a fifth or a fourth from a chord, but not a third - you won't get any noise).
PASSAGE A virtuoso machine-gun burst of sheet music.
PEDAL See Gadget.
PEDAL TONE A solo with a constant return to one note. The simplest option is "A grasshopper was sitting in the grass." If it is played in a pioneering way on the first string, the pedal tone will be "mi" at the zero fret.
PICKGUARD (English) pickguard) Panel-overlay on the deck of an electric guitar.
PICKING Sound production.
PIZZICATO Pizzicare is Italian for pinching. So it's "pinched", if in our opinion. It is more relevant for the violin, where the contrast is most noticeable, but it can also be performed on the guitar if the string is muted immediately after the pluck.
Plectrum An obsolete name for a pick.
STAND A shelf to which it is attached with strings. For electric guitars with typewriters (levers), the stand is floating, i.e. resting on springs recessed into the rear of the case. Usually they play on three springs (but not a fact).
HALFTOONE Spacing between two adjacent frets.
PILLAR, PRIMA Such a little thing-dryuchka with a pedal to distort the sound. It's obsolete nowadays - everyone wants to play through a guitar processor.
PULL, PULL-OFF Finger jerking when playing legato with one left hand (so that a note sounds on a pre-squeezed fret or an open string).
NECK HEEL End of the neck with fastening. On modern guitars, they try to smooth the heel and sink it in the body so that it does not get underfoot.
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REVERSE, REVERB Reverb. Trick-dryuchka, giving multiple echoes.
REVERSE GROUND Neck with all the pegs at the bottom. Allegedly for the convenience of twisting the pegs, but in fact it’s just for show off.
RAKE, RAKE String scraper.
REPA Rehearsal.
RHYTHM GUITAR, RHYTHMUKHA, LEAD A guitar that does all the hard work on stage. At rock concerts, her silence usually marks a pause.
RIFF A set of notes divided into figures that make up a musical composition.
SOCKET A hole (resonator) in the top of a guitar.
RUBILOVO, MOCHILOVO An intense part of the music.
FISH 1. Working version of the melody, raw composition. 2. A song with fake words when you don't know the original lyrics ("yestedey, shumble-double airship bay").
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LEVER (Machine) Stand on springs with a handle for changing the tension of the strings when playing.
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Dump A typical rocker ending to the composition - everyone rumbles with maximum expressiveness.
SWIP (English) sweep- sweep, swipe) A sliding pick strike on several strings is an alternative to arpeggio when playing an acoustic guitar.
SEQUENCE Some kind of "para-ra-ram", played several times either going down by one or two notes (descending sequence), then going up (ascending). A typical example: the final bars of the introduction to the program "Guess the melody".
SCALOPED FRETS, SCALOPED GROOVE Frets chiseled in the manner of Yngwie Malmsteen (actually Ritchie Blackmore). After listening to Blackmore, Malmsteen got hooked on these vultures, like Elton John on homosexuality. And infected others. It is believed that legato, tapping, etc. sound juicier and cooler on such necks, but as a rule, the groove of the neck leads to its complete replacement, since playing on such frets is torture for most.
SINGLE Single coil pickup.
SLIDE The slipping of the hand from the fret, fretboard, touching the strings (glissando).
SLIDE GUITAR, BOTTLENECK A guitar playing technique that consists in playing with a slide, i. fingertip sliding along the strings. Various things are used as a slide: a bottle (bottleneck guitar literally means “bottleneck guitar”), a shotgun shell, a Zippo lighter, etc.
SLEP Bass guitar soul cry. Hitting the strings with the finger of the right hand. For bass players, this is something like aerobatics in the funk genre.
BOW Mediator.
SOLYAG Or just a solo part, or a solo guitar. It is the one that all beginner guitarists want to play.
STACCATO A jerky performance of notes.
STRATOCASTER, STRAT Fender's landmark model is a classic hard rock guitar.
TUNING A way to tune the strings. For a six-string guitar, the classical Spanish tuning has historically developed: EBGDAE.
SUSTAIN 1. The special quality of a sounding electric instrument. Words can not convey - you need to hear. 2. Duration of sounding of the extracted note.
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TAB, TAB Six lines for recording guitar music. Not the height of the notes is indicated - but their position on the fretboard.
TELEK, TELE CASTER One of the early Fender models, but also popular.
TIRANDO (Spanish) tirando- pull) In the classical guitar school - a pinch, after which the finger does not rest on the adjacent, thicker string.
TOKAOR Flamenco guitarist. Initially, he was only an accompanist for a cantaor (singer) or bailor (dancer).
TONE An interval of two frets.
TOP, TOP-HEAD Form of zero nut on screws. Especially important when using the lever (so that the strings do not get out of tune when played).
TRANSCRIBER A guitarist who picks well by ear. One of the greatest transcribers is Steve Vai.
TRANSPOSITION Changing the key of a song. Play Am-Dm-E-Am and then Hm-Em-F#-Hm. Played? Congratulations! You have transposed 1 tone.
TRILL A rapidly repeated change of two notes.
TREMOLOS 1. Almost the same as chess, but with more artistic purposes. 2. Guitar lever, or rather the machine itself with a lever.
TREMOLANDO Same as tremolo, only on several strings at the same time.
TRITON Augmented fourth or diminished fifth. The main thing: not to be confused with a tailed pond dweller when you hear something like: "Gloomy syncopated newts crawl up the neck."
TYGYDYN-TYGYDYN METAL A genre typical for bands like "Aria" and their "poor overseas copy" - Iron Maiden. The expression came from the onomatopoeia of the bass parts of Steve Harris from Iron Maiden.
TEP Pressing the string to the fretboard with the finger of the right hand or the edge of the pick.
TAPPING, PLAYING WITH BUGS (CRUSHING BUGS) Playing the fingerboard with the "hammer-on-pull-off" technique with both hands. When skillfully used, it sounds very impressive.
TUNER An old guitar tuning device that makes open string sounds.
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UKUL E LE Small ukulele. The name is translated according to one version as "a jumping flea", according to another - "alien gift".
AMPLIFIER He's an amplifier. With the advent of musical centers, it became a completely unnecessary household appliance, but in guitar music it is indispensable. In an inherently conservative environment of musicians, “obsolete” tube amps are in high demand - they are more reliable in terms of overloads and performance. about yat is more expensive than usual.
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PLYWOOD 1. Phonogram. 2. Acoustic guitar.
Fade The fading of the sounds of the composition as an ending. If this technique is used at a concert, you have plywood in the first meaning.
PHONE A strike on a string when the left finger only lightly touches it in the zone of its metric division (for example, above the 12th fret). It makes a buzzing sound.
ARTIFICIAL FLAGHOLE The string is pressed or depressed - it doesn't matter, the harmonic is called by the finger of the right hand and the plectrum. On a drive-distortion, they whistle like that. In the same way, I can play a rock and roll square on one string with just my right hand without touching any fret.
FLANGER The effect of sound coming from the side. It smacks of the Doppler effect.
FLOYD ROSE A lever that allows you to both loosen and increase the tension of the strings. Usually a powerful thing like this with micro-tuning. Named after Floyd Rose, its inventor.
FLATTOP A folk guitar with a flat top, adapted to use metal strings. Well, and Ivan Drago's hairstyle yet)).
Grace lag A short note that steals the duration from the main note (you can just say "twang", or you can say "d-twister" - as if "twitter" with the grace note "d").
FUZ, FUZZ, FAZZ Sound distortion effect. The word is too general, and in Russian it sounds wrong (from the verb fuzz [fuzz] - distort).
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CAD, CAD, HUMBECKER A pickup consisting of two coils connected back to back and having opposite polarity cores. In short, excellent suppression of noise and unwanted interference .
HAMMER, HAMMER-ON Striking the fretboard and string with the finger of the right hand (so that the note sounds).
HALL Lotion effect with echo.
CHORUS Surround sound. Imitation, as if playing several instruments in unison.
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DIGITAL As in other musical and not only areas, a contemptuous-pejorative name for all digital equipment and sound.
GYPSY GUITAR Russian double-string guitar. Its feature is a system that is different from the system of a classical six-string guitar.
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CHECK Checking and adjusting the sound before the start of the concert.
BLACK, BLACK CAVIAR A heap of short notes in the score.
CHES, STREAM A typical balalaika technique of strumming on one string or powercord.
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ASH The wood from which the bodies of the first mass-produced Fender Stratocaster electric guitars were made (later changed to alder). Well, you need to fill in the letter "I" with something)).
SOME ENGLISH TERMS
1 1/2 Bend one and a half steps.
1/2 Bend halftone.
A.N. (artificial harmony) Artificial harmonic.
A.N. PITCH A note with an artificial harmonic.
BAND Lift.
DON "T PICK Do not take with a pick.
END RHY. FIG. The end of the rhythmic figure.
FDBK Feedback.
FDBK PITCH The note called back.
FREE TIME Out of rhythm.
FULL Bend a whole tone.
GRAD. BAND Gradual bend.
GTR. Guitar.
HARM (harmony) Harmonic.
INTRO Introduction.
LET RING (THROUGHOUT) Continued sound.
MUFFLED STRINGS Only the scratching of the strings is heard.
MUTING The sound of the note is muted.
N.C. No chord.
PICK SLIDE Removing the finger from the fret as if swiping all over the fretboard.
PRE-BEND A bend that falls short of a full tone or semitone. Like a fake sound.
RAKE String scraper.
Rhy. FIG. rhythmic figure.
Rhy. Rhythm.
RHYTHM SLASHES A form of rhythm guitar recording. Only the duration of the notes on one string or above the staff is given and chords are written.
SL. (SLIDE) Sliding.
SLACK Loosen up.
T Thumb.
TREMOLO BAR Playing with the lever.
TRILL This is not parrot food, but a trill (hummer technique).
UNISON BEND Playing on two strings. One sounds, while the second is drawn out in unison with it.
VIB W/BAR Vibrato with lever.
W/WAH With wah-wah effect.
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Alteration- alteratio - change, increase or decrease in any sound without changing its name.
Fingering-German Applikatur, from lat. applico - I apply, I press. Now this unfamiliar word has become clear to many. Arrangement, a way of placing fingers in our case on the strings.
barre- this is a guitar technique, the position of the index finger, in which he presses not one, but several strings at the same time.
Natural- this is an accidental sign, meaning the cancellation of the previously assigned flat or sharp sign for the note before which it stands.
Flat- this is an accidental sign, denoting a decrease in the note to its right by one semitone.
Gamma- these are the sounds of the mode, located in height up or down from the tonic to its octave repetition. The sounds that make up the scale are called steps. The full scale consists of eight steps. The eighth degree of the scale is a repetition of the first. The steps are indicated by Roman numerals: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. The name of the scale is given by its main tone, that is, the tonic. In C major, the tonic is C.
Harmony- one of the most important concepts of musical art. Pleasant to the ear coherence of sounds, their order, proportion, harmony. Harmony as order in the realm of sounds, harmony in the distribution of intervals, chords, modes and their sequences, this is musical harmony.
guitar fight- This is a rhythmic pattern that is created by hitting the strings with the fingers of the right hand. Depending on the song being performed, the rhythmic pattern of the battle may be different.
Sharp- this is an accidental sign, denoting the increase in the note to the right of it by one semitone.
Capo(Italian Capo - head, top; and Italian tasto - fret; literally: nut) - a clamp used in stringed-plucked instruments (guitar, balalaika, mandolin), for high-altitude transposition by artificially shortening the sounding part of the strings.
kolki- A special device on the upper end of the neck designed for attaching and tensioning the strings. The standard tension of nylon strings is from 5 to 7 kg per string, the total tension of 6 strings is approximately 30-40 kg. The tension of steel strings is twice that of nylon strings, the total tension of which on a six-string guitar is from 65 to 80 kilograms, depending on the diameter of the strings. This difference in tension explains one of the reasons why you shouldn't use steel strings on a guitar designed for nylon strings.
frets- These are metal parts located along the entire length of the fretboard of the guitar.
Major one of the two modes of harmonic tonality. Usually the coloring of the sound of major works is perceived as "light" and "joyful". The contrast between major and minor is one of the most important aesthetic contrasts in music.
Mediator- this is a device for plucking strings when playing some stringed plucked musical instruments (such as a lute, zither, mandolin, guitar); bone, plastic, metal plate, goose feather or ring with a "claw" worn on the finger.
Melody is a sequence of musical sounds.
Minor one of the two modes of harmonic tonality. Usually, the coloring of the sound of minor works is perceived as “dark” and “sad”.
musical sound- it is a sound that has a certain frequency (note), in contrast to the noise, which does not have a fixed frequency.
Name of sounds- Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si.
Note- from the Latin nota is a sign, a conventional graphic sign.
stave, stave- called a line of five lines on which notes are placed. The lines of the staff are counted from bottom to top. Notes are located on the lines, between the lines, under the first line, above the fifth line, on the lower additional lines, on the upper additional lines.
Octave- called a group of sounds from the sound C to the next C. There are four octaves in the guitar: Large not full, Small, First and Second.
Bust- sequential playing of chord sounds is extracted by plucking the guitar strings with one or more fingers of the right hand. As a rule, enumeration is a repeating rhythmic pattern.
Tablature- a form of music recording, where the extracted sounds are shown on the instrument diagram. Guitar tablature consists of six rulers (6 guitar strings), on which the clamped frets on the fretboard are indicated by numbers.
Tonic- the first step of the tonal range.
Transposition- transferring a melody from one key to another.
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