Timbre is the distinctive sound of an instrument or voice. This might also be referred to as sonority.

Idiomatic writing is composing for an instrument (acoustic or electronic) or voice that makes the best use of the distinctive properties of that instrument or voice.

Vibrato is when the pitch fluctuates up and down very slightly to intensify the sound and add expression.

Melody for violin arco

British English CC

Melody for violin pizzicato

Melody for violin bowing, pizzicato and double-stopping 

Melody for violin tremelo

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Exploring timbre and colour

Music

Creating a musical melody

Creative chord progressions

Composing rhythmic ideas

Experimenting with texture

Free composition: Creative starting points

Which word describes the distinctive sound of an instrument or voice (also referred to as sonority)?

Pizzicato, bowed, double-stopping and tremolo are all ways of playing which type of instrument?

{{}} writing is composing for an instrument (acoustic or electronic) or voice that makes the best use of distinctive properties of that instrument or voice.

Which word in music makes the pitch fluctuate up and down very slightly to intensify the sound and add expression?

Adding chords to a melody is called {{}}.

{{}} describes movement by steps in a melodic line.

Which word in music refers to the combination of different parts, or layers, in a piece of music?

Which word describes a short, repeated rhythmic pattern in music?

What is the name given to a chord containing 3 notes?

What is the term to describe a musical texture where there are two equally important but independent melodic parts?

Which term describes when two or more independent rhythmic patterns performed at the same time?

Which of the following are ways of showing expression in music?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Exploring timbre and colour

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.