wah-wah
Muted trumpet sound
Wah-wah is a sound effect in music created by altering tone to mimic a voice saying "wah." On electric guitar, a wah-wah pedal rocks back and forth to produce the effect: Hendrix's wah-wah on that solo is iconic.
Wah-wah also describes the muted trumpet sound in jazz, achieved with a plunger mute.
The term can mockingly represent adult speech reduced to meaningless noise, as in the *Peanuts* cartoons where teachers speak in trombone wah-wahs.
Fretted stringed instrument
- ClaptonBritish guitar virtuoso
- funkDepression or groove music
- distortionTwisting from original state
- sweepBrush clean with broom
Hendrix · frequency · rocker · treadle · stomp · bypass · expression · Dunlop
Without voice or sound
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- plungerSuction device for clogs
- mutedMade quieter or softer
Dizzy Gillespie · Miles Davis · brassy · jazz · big band · swing · solo · growl
Emotional tear release
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- infantVery young child
wailing · bawling · tantrum · colicky · cranky · fretful · squalling · sobbing
Sound-imitating word formation
- sad tromboneComedic failure sound effect
- womp wompMocking failure fanfare
- boo-hooOnomatopoeia for sobbing
- failureLack of success
letdown · anticlimax · punchline · pratfall · disappointment · deflation · mockery · sarcasm
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
- ClaptonBritish guitar virtuoso
- funkDepression or groove music
- distortionTwisting from original state
Hendrix · sweep · frequency · rocker · treadle · stomp · bypass · expression · Dunlop · envelope
mute
Without voice or sound
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- plungerSuction device for clogs
Dizzy Gillespie · Miles Davis · muted · brassy · jazz · big band · swing · solo · growl · flutter
crying
Emotional tear release
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
- whimperingCrying weakly, softly
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
infant · wailing · bawling · tantrum · colicky · cranky · fretful · squalling · sobbing · blubbering
onomatopoeia
Sound-imitating word formation
- sad tromboneComedic failure sound effect
- womp wompMocking failure fanfare
- boo-hooOnomatopoeia for sobbing
failure · letdown · anticlimax · punchline · pratfall · disappointment · deflation · mockery · sarcasm · irony
- A/V effectsecho, reverb, fade out, fade in, lens flare
- audio effectsreverb, delay, flanger, chorus effect, phaser
- Guitar Pedalsstompbox, overdrive, distortion pedal, fuzz, delay
- playing techniquespicking, arpeggiated, fingerpicking, spiccato, block chords
- jam sessionsjam band, blues jam, bluegrass jam, open mic, drum circle
- Funk MetalRed Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, slap bass, heavy riffs, Mordred
wah-wahclean tone
Unaltered instrument sound
bypass · unprocessed · direct · distortion · overdrive
wah-wahclean tone
Unaltered instrument sound
flat · uncolored · neutral · unfiltered · pure
wah-wahdry
Free from moisture
clean · unprocessed · transparent · natural · pure