Hi, I'm Vincent and I've been studying music for 4 years now. You want to start a pop-rock band, but you don't know where to start. Here a simple glossary explaining what kind of materials you're going to need to success in the pop world! I'll name instruments and sound materials stuffs you'll need to know, using simple definitions from Google. Once you read my glossary, start a band!
27 Club
noun
the 27 Club is a list consisting mostly of popular musicians, artists, or actors who died at age 27.
Example: "Janis Joplin is a member from the 27 Club"
fr: le club des 27
artist
noun
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only.
source : wikipedia
Example: Bakhtin argues that; 'language, like the living concrete environment in which the consciousness of the verbal artist lives-is never unitary."
fr: artiste
band
noun
a small group of musicians and vocalists who play pop, jazz, or rock music.
Example: "I play bass guitar in a band for 2 years now"
fr: groupe (de musique)
beat
noun
a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.
Example: "the glissando begins on the second beat"
fr: Pulsation
Chords
noun
Noun
plural noun: chords
a group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony.
verb
3rd person present: chords
play, sing, or arrange notes in chords.
Example: "the triumphal opening chords"
fr: Accords
composer
noun
a person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation.
Example: "Mozart was her favorite composer"
fr: compositeur
digital audio workstation
noun
A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files.
Example: "Reaper is an excellent digital audio workstation"
fr: station audionumérique
dissonance
noun
lack of harmony among musical notes.
Example: "an unusual degree of dissonance for such choral styles"
fr: dissonance
interval
noun
the difference in pitch between two musical sounds.
Example: "He use an interval of fifth"
fr: intervalle
melody
noun
a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.
Example: IPC Media decided to merge NME with its long-standing rival melody Maker in December 2000, due to "increasing competition from music sites on the internet".
fr: mélodie
Music
noun
1. Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
2. The written or printed signs representing vocal or instrumental sound.
Example: The iPod and iTunes music Store have increased profitability and brand equity, while revolutionizing the music industry.
fr: Musique
musician
noun
a person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession, or is musically talented.
Example: Everyone harps on about him just because he experimented with music, had scruffy clothes and his hair was a mess; you could say the same about Pete Doherty C: ...now he is the best musician ever!
fr: musicien/musicienne
note
noun
a written sign representing the pitch and duration of a musical note.
Example: "the last notes of the symphony died away"
fr: note
perfect pitch
noun
the ability to recognize the pitch of a note or produce any given note; a sense of absolute pitch.
Example: Among composers of the Baroque and Classical eras, evidence is available only for Mozart, who is documented to have demonstrated the ability at age 7.
(source : wikipedia)
fr: Oreille absolue
Popular
adjective
(of cultural activities or products) intended for or suited to the taste, understanding, or means of the general public rather than specialists or intellectuals.
Example: "Maroon 5 is very popular with young adults"
fr: populaire
prodigy
noun
a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities.
Example: "a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day"
fr: prodige
scale
noun
an arrangement of the notes in any system of music in ascending or descending order of pitch.
Example: They are transformed to be used on mass scale, into three-minute songs to be played on the radio AgustÃn Lara became the icon of this typically Mexican musical exponent.
fr: gamme
show
noun
play or other stage performance, especially a musical.
Example: "Eminem gave us a great show tonight!"
fr: spectacle
style
noun
a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.
Example: "We play in style of Stravinsky"
fr: style (ou genre musicale)
tempo
noun
the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.
