But if the music is dissonant enough, the emotional effect will be unsettling. Woodwind and brass players might be asked to engage in ‘flutter tongue’ – which might sound erotic. This produces that wonderful ‘finger nails on the blackboard’ sound. To intensify this effect, composers will additionally ask string players to play ponticello by placing the bow very close to the small wooden bridge on which the strings rest. String players will be asked to play tremolo – a very rapid alternation in bow strokes. When a composer keeps this up for a while, they know what it will do to us.Īnother technique uses certain timbres that involve having orchestral players produce sound in very specific ways. Obviously, intense dissonance.dissonance that goes on for ‘longer than we can stand it.’ Pitches that clash produce a very real, tense, physical response in us.
Just turn down the sound on your television while watching those ‘living dead’ stagger across the screen, and they may almost appear comical rather than frightening.Ĭomposers can use a number of musical effects for the purpose of disturbing us. But, as we may know, often it is the music itself that seems to have the most power. It amplifies the feelings we are experiencing from the visual images. The music that composers create as soundtracks for suspense and horror films definitely does the job.
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