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Encyclopedia > Musical technique

A musical technique is a technique used in the composition, precomposition, or performance of music, including extended techniques. A technique is a way of efficiently accomplishing a task in a manner that is not immediately obvious or straightforward. ... A musical composition is a piece of original music designed for repeated performance (as opposed to strictly improvisational music, in which each performance is unique). ... In music, precompositional decisions are those decisions which a composer decides upon before or while beginning to create a composition. ... Music is a form of art and entertainment or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... Extended technique is a term used in music to describe unconventional, unorthodox or improper techniques of singing, or of playing musical instruments. ...


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Klangfarbenmelodie - definition of Klangfarbenmelodie in Encyclopedia (209 words)
Klangfarbenmelodie (German for sound-color-melody) is a musical technique that involves breaking up a musical line or melody out from one instrument to between several instruments.
However, "To a marked degree the music of Debussy elevates timbre to an unprecedented structural status; already in L'Apres-midi d'un Faune the color of flute and harp functions referentially," according to Samson.
Isao Tomita also uses the technique in his works, instead of musical instruments, he uses different synthesizer voices.
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