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sequencing

sequencing

1 4.4
Using electronic tools to record and play musical notes in order
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : secuenciación
  • For more advanced students, computer sequencing software provides a way to layer their music into multitrack compositions.
  • sequencing software
  • sequencing program
  • music sequencing

Examples

  • Start improvising at a piano, or experiment with a sequencing or loop-based music program.

    Academic text (2007)
  • During this time, music production software for music printing, sequencing, and digital audio emerged.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Sequencing software provides tracks for recording separate instrument parts, one at a time, from a keyboard.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Sequencing software has proven quite versatile for our composition, theory exercise, and listening projects.

    Academic text (1998)
  • MIDI tools include notation, sequencing, and accompaniment software that can be used as an environment in which students can work with sound.

    Academic text (2001)
  • You can also use your sequencing software to adapt MIDI files downloaded from the web.

    Academic text (2004)
  • By using the mute feature in the sequencing program, the students can mute the melody without erasing it.

    Academic text (1995)
  • With music sequencing software, you can easily arrange notes to create your own songs.

  • The sequencing of the tracks in an album can significantly influence how listeners perceive the music.

  • He spent hours using a sequencing program to organize the virtual instruments in his latest composition.

Synonyms

sequence
vssequencing
428 3.2

A set of things or events that come one after another in a specific order

is the electronic process that records arranges and plays musical events
ordering
vssequencing
18 2.7

Arranging things in a particular sequence so they are easy to find

is carried out with electronic hardware or software to record and play notes

Antonyms

A state when things are not in their usual order

Surface Forms

sequencing singular
sequencings plural

Morphology

sequencing = sequence (semi-transparent) = sequence + ing

Formally 'sequence' + '-ing', but the music/technology sense (using hardware/software to arrange/play events) is a specialized extension learners may not predict from the base verb alone.

Etymology

Sequencing comes from the Latin root sequi 'to follow', just like the word sequel shows a follow-on idea. In music, sequencing is making notes or beats follow in a set order, often with electronic tools that play the series back exactly, so the root explains the modern use.