All but three of your definitions are exactly the same as the definitions that I would give.
Split notes are what novice brass players produce.
To hammer a note is to play a note that is loud and sudden and short.
Music is flowing if every note feels like it is the natural continuation of the notes before it. So an unanticipated discord or pause or change in volume will break the flow, but if it feels like the music is building up to a sudden change then the flow will be broken by not having this sudden change.
I endorse all these, and also all of roryokane’s that you haven’t taken issue with, except that to me “bright” doesn’t just mean high notes but also notes whose timbre includes a lot of energy at high frequencies. Also, “soft” is ambiguous between something like Rory’s meaning and simply “quiet”. (It maybe also suggests to me the opposite of “bright”.)
All but three of your definitions are exactly the same as the definitions that I would give.
Split notes are what novice brass players produce. To hammer a note is to play a note that is loud and sudden and short. Music is flowing if every note feels like it is the natural continuation of the notes before it. So an unanticipated discord or pause or change in volume will break the flow, but if it feels like the music is building up to a sudden change then the flow will be broken by not having this sudden change.
I endorse all these, and also all of roryokane’s that you haven’t taken issue with, except that to me “bright” doesn’t just mean high notes but also notes whose timbre includes a lot of energy at high frequencies. Also, “soft” is ambiguous between something like Rory’s meaning and simply “quiet”. (It maybe also suggests to me the opposite of “bright”.)