Dictionary of musical concepts starting with E - F

E

Concept	Level	Listen	Definition
Electric guitar	Acc 3	You don't have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. This website makes use of Adobe Flash Player, you have an old version which cannot play the content we've created. Why not download and install the latest version now? It will only take a moment.	A guitar which requires an electric amplifier to produce sound. Notice the Bass Guitar and sustained sound in the backing. See Pop and Rock. Compare Acoustic guitar.
Electronic drums	Int 1		A machine which electronically recreates the same sounds as a drum kit or other percussion instruments.
Ensemble	Int 1		A group of musicians playing/singing together. The example is from a sextet, six players,piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn.
Episode	H		A section of music linking two appearances of the same material. Listen to an episode from a Concerto grosso. In Fugue an episode can be used as a modulating link between entries of the subject and is frequently based on fragments from the subject or Counter subject.
Exposition	H		The first section of a movement in Sonata form (Exposition - Development - Recapitulation) or the first section of a Fugue where each voice has played or sung at least one entry of subject or answer. The excerpt is the first exposition from a Mozart concerto.

F

Concept	Level	Listen	Definition
Fanfare	Int 1	You don't have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. This website makes use of Adobe Flash Player, you have an old version which cannot play the content we've created. Why not download and install the latest version now? It will only take a moment.	A short piece played on trumpets (or other instruments) usually at some important occasion.
Faster	Acc 3		The speed increases. Compare with Slower.
Fiddle	Acc 3		Another name for the violin, used in Scottish folk music. For more details visit Scottish Music.
Flutter tonguing	Int 2		A method of tonguing in which the player rolls the letter r. It is used by wind players and is particularly effective for flute and brass. The excerpt is played on a trumpet and is from 'Rhapsody in blue' by George Gershwin.
Folk group	Acc 3		A group of singers and instrumentalists who perform traditional music from a particular country, e.g. Scotland and Ireland. Scottish folk music instruments might include fiddle and whistle , Guitar, , accordion, and pipes.
Folk instruments	Int 1		Any instrument used in folk music. Scottish folk music instruments as heard above, might include fiddle and whistle, guitar, accordion, pipes and the clarsach.
Fretless bass	Int 2		A bass guitar with no frets; allowing the instrument more expression, closer in tone to a double bass.
Fugue	H		A contrapuntal piece based on a theme (subject) announced in one voice part alone, then imitated by other voices in close succession. See Episode (above), Tonal answer, Real answer, Subject, Exposition (above) and Stretto and for a full explanation visit Fugue.