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Musical Terms - explanation

Topic started by Kannazhagi (@ 203.199.79.58) on Mon Apr 23 05:14:06 EDT 2001.
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I am illiterate as far as music goes. I however, appreciate music and explanation of a few terms by the knowledgable among newtfmpage regulars will surely help. Please illustrate with examples wherever possible
1. music arrangement
2. orchestration
3. re-recording (is it the same as BGM?)
Can't think of any more now. But will add to list as and when.
Thanks a lot!

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Responses:

• From: Kannazhagi (@ 203.199.79.58) on: Mon Apr 23 05:17:01 EDT 2001
  
  Oh yeah, forgot to add 'groove' to the above list.
  
  
• From: Karthik S (@ 164.164.82.20) on: Mon Apr 23 05:22:03 EDT 2001
  
  I also want to add another quesyion to that! Why is the background score termed as Re-recording? It should be just background music isnt it? Where does the question of recording once and redoing it again arise (as in re-recording)?
  
  
• From: rjay (@ 209.166.172.34) on: Mon Apr 23 10:58:54 EDT 2001
  
  Karthik
  my guess:
  
  In olden times, they would have recorded the
  actors speak and things like shutting a door etc,
  at the shooting site.
  In later times, they would have started re-recording the audio in studio to get more clarity and control over the dialogues. Etc. Since Music
  was added during this time, it would have been part of the 're-recording process'.
  while shooting a movie they may record the audio of the actual dialogues etc and use it as a
  
  
• From: rjay (@ 209.166.172.34) on: Mon Apr 23 11:01:02 EDT 2001
  
  forget the last sentence. I was trying to say,
  'even now, they may record the audio of actual dialogues and use it as a guideline during re-recording.'
  
  In any case, this separation of shooting and adding audio, gave rise to lot of innovations like
  using a better voice, playback singing and dubbing into multiple languages.
  
  
• From: aruLaracan (@ 134.124.160.10) on: Mon Apr 23 12:18:56 EDT 2001
  
  i started alphabetizing some basic music terms and i have gone only up to D. for beginners you can take a look at http://psiphi.umsl.edu/rajan/musicterm.html . i hope to complete the compilation in about a month's time. contributions are welcome. if any description is unclear or wrong please don't hesitate to write to me.
  
  
• From: Anand Mahadevan (@ 192.11.221.116) on: Mon Apr 23 17:19:43 EDT 2001
  
  aruLaracan,
  Great job. Hope you can expand it.
  
  Anand
  
  
• From: comment (@ 65.9.136.158) on: Mon Apr 23 22:07:11 EDT 2001
  
  yow arul, lyrics anupuyana...etho vettiya ...
  
  good job on the list.. :)
  
  
• From: cosmician (@ 194.170.1.130) on: Tue Apr 24 06:21:16 EDT 2001
  
  Very useful thread..Kannazhagi !
  
  I would also like to know the definition of terms like
  - structure
  - pattern
  - style
  - Arrangment
  ..terms i've been using in these threads intuitively without a technical understanding..so pundits..please help !
  
  
• From: aruLaracan (@ 134.124.160.10) on: Tue Apr 24 12:57:12 EDT 2001
  
  comment: today, i am going to forgo all my work and attempt to finish the song. (all i have is a small peanut size brain; adhukku yAnai aLavukku vElai kudukkiRiyE, nyAyamA?)
  
  

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