Sting (musical phrase)

The Band (from French touche, " stop " ) is a musical signal, which is usually played in groups of several instruments, originally from a trumpet ensemble. The word is assigned in the southern German -speaking area since 1745.

The Band shows, for example, at the end of a successful tricks in the circus or the punch line of a joke in vaudeville or carnival session. An ink gives the audience the use of the applause and led the honorees for the compliment, or about a bow. The Band has a trim and outline feature: In a carnival session helps the repeated games usually a triple Tuschs to end the fury of the audience, and therefore serves the rapid progress of the session.

The simplest Tuschs are sustained unison or major chords, sometimes repeats and combined with drum rolls and similar percussion effects. If Tuschs also contain melodic elements, which are mostly based on fourths, the limit is exceeded for the fanfare, which can be a little piece of music.

If Tuschs before and after pieces of music played is to pay attention to tonartliche and motivic unity with them, so they do not seem awkward. A well-known example of a flourish to the song beginning is the Soviet (now Russian ) national anthem.

A special case of Tuschs are musical accents in film music (Sting ), which refer to an emotion, a point to emphasize or clarify the end of a scene.