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34 Cards in this Set
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Dipthong
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two vowel sounds in one word, sing the first
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Flasetto
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a guy singing in their high voice
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chest tone
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a low voice, uses chest, boys+girls
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diaphragm
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muscle in stomach area, helps push air out of lungs, relaxed=up, flexed=down
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phonate
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to make sound
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pulsate
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giving emphasis to some notes and not to others (trampoline hands)
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polyphony
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many sounds, independent, form of harmony
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monophony
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one sound, unison
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homophony
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like sounds, same syllable
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unison
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everyone singing the same pitch
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A capella
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no accompaniment
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tutti
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everybody joins, all singing
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voice crossing
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when a lower part would sing higher than a higher part
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displace the octave
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to sing an octave above of below the note
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cue notes
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tiny notes that are optional and double another part
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time signature
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tells you how many beats per measure
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key signature
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tells you what is Do, how many sharps and flats
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crescendo
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to gradually get louder
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decrescendo
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to gradually get softer
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accidental
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a sharp or flat that isn't in the normal key signature
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hemiola
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combination of putting 2 against 3, emphasis on beat, "push me, pull you"
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melisma
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one syllable pushed over a long time, "Gloria"
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canon
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a round, "row your boat"
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running bass
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bass moving every note with different note each word
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enharmonic note
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a note that sounds the same but has a different name
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neighbor note
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the next note in a scale
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tempo
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the speed
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breath mark
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where you breathe, ' v check mark, or squiggle line
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3 rules of sight reading
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don't stop, look ahead, sing out
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nasal
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when the tone is driven into the sinuses and is nasaly
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montage
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collection of songs about one topic
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sacred
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holy, religious
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secular
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not religious, nature, beauty
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ensemble
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singing together as one, listening to people, matching tone, quality, pitch, and blending
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