Choir

Front 1

One or more vocalists performing music without an accompaniment.

Back 1

A capella

Front 2

A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.

Back 2

Accelerando

Front 3

lowest female voice range

Back 3

Alto

Front 4

lowest male voice range

Back 4

Bass

Front 5

the unit of musical rhythm

Back 5

Beat

Front 6

group of singers in a chorus

Back 6

Choir

Front 7

3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony

Back 7

Chord

Front 8

a string of chords played in succession

Back 8

Chord progression

Front 9

a group singing in unison

Back 9

chorus

Front 10

in sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff

Back 10

Clef

Front 11

one who directs a group of performers

Back 11

conductor

Front 12

Crescendo

Back 12

get louder gradually

Front 13

get softer gradually

Back 13

Decrescendo

Front 14

same as decrescendo

Back 14

Diminuendo

Front 15

a piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.

Back 15

Duet

Front 16

pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition

Back 16

dynamics

Front 17

a style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords, the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female

Back 17

falsetto

Front 18

to hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer (.

Back 18

fermata

Front 19

A symbol indicating to play loud

Back 19

Forte

Front 20

very loud

Back 20

Fortissimo

Front 21

pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played.

Back 21

Harmony

Front 22

the expression the performer brings when playing his instrument

Back 22

Interpretation

Front 23

the manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch

Back 23

Intonation

Front 24

word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly

Back 24

Legato

Front 25

the unit measure where the beats on the lines of the staff divided up into two, three, four beats to a measure.

Back 25

measure

Front 26

First developed in the 8th century, methods of writing music

Back 26

notation

Front 27

a single line of music played or sung

Back 27

Phrase

Front 28

very softly

Back 28

piano

Front 29

very softly

Back 29

Pianissimo

Front 30

the frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.

Back 30

pitch

Front 31

the element of music pertaining to time, played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.

Back 31

Rhythm

Front 32

slow down gradually

Back 32

Ritardando

Front 33

the highest female voice range

Back 33

Soprano

Front 34

made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the speaces between them on which musical notation is written

Back 34

staff

Front 35

a combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments

Back 35

system

Front 36

the highest male voice range

Back 36

Tenor

Front 37

a numberic symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure

Back 37

Time Signature

Front 38

the playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range

Back 38

treble

Front 39

equal to 2 half notes, 4 quarter notes, 8 sixteenth notes

Back 39

whole note