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another melody going on in the same piece
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Countermelody
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a stress mark
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tenuto
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go back to the original tempo
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A tempo
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Moderately fast
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Allegretto
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Tells you where DO is located
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Key signature
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Sing two or more notes connected smoothly
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slur
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muscle that helps you breathe
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diaphragm
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single piece of music
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octavo
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a false voice found in men
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falsetto
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having to do with religion
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sacred
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two notes that sound the same with different names
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enharmonic
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march like
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marcato
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music that has nothing to do with religion
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secular
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when the choir blends and all parts are heard equally
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balance
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a, e, i, o, u
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vowels
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two or more staffs linked together
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score
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to sing sweetly
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dolce
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to sing a note forte, then piano, then crescendo quickly
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sforzando
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lively, with emotion
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animato
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to make up as you go along
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improvise
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dynamic changes across voice parts at different times
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terraced dynamics
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to sing your words clearly, with correct diction
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enunciate
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to change keys
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transpose
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letters of the alphabet that are not a, e, i, o, u
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consonants
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notes at the the begining that do not belong in a measure
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pick up
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the strictest form of imitation, in which two or more parts have the same melody but start at different points
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canon
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the first note of a key (DO)
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tonic
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the soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth
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soft palate
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repeat from the sign
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D.S. dal segno
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sound of unrest
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dissonance
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the most fully developed procedure of imitative counterpoint
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fugue
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the process of changing from one key to another within a composition
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modulation
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return to the begining
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D. C. Da Capo
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a rapid scale achieved by sliding up the scale instead of note by note
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glissando
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the highest male tenor part
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counter tenor
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soprano in the middle
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mezzo soprano
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form of music written for religous services, usually easy melodies
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hymns
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a term for a system of expressing musical sound through the use of written chracters called notes
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notation
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many cultures
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multicultural
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means beatiful singing
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bel canto
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unaccented notes which move conjunctly between two chords to which they do not belong harmonically
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passing tone
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used to express apperciation to a male preformer
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bravo
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used to express appreciation to a female performer
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brava
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used to express appreciation to a group of performers
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bravis
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a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth
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hard palate
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to vibrate
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vibrato
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an operatic soprano with a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over a full orchestra
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dramatic soprano
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an operatic soprano that has a warm quality with a bright, full timbre which can be heard over an orchestra.
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lyric soprano
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the most musically acceptable timbre for a given voice
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tessitura
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the quality of sound that distinguishes your voice from another
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timbre
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the span of your voice from the highest to the lowest.
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range
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very slow
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grave
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slow
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largo
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a little faster than largo
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larghetto
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moderately slow
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adagio
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walking tempo
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andante
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a little faster than andante
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andantino
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a little slower than allegro
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allegretto
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fast
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allegro
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lively
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vivace
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very fast
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presto
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very, very fast
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prestissimo
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moderately
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moderato
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very
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molto
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gradually become faster
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accel.
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gradually become slower
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Rit.
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very very soft
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ppp
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very soft
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pp
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soft
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p
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medium soft
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mp
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medium loud
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mf
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loud
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f
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very loud
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ff
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very very loud
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fff
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gradually get louder
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< cresc.
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gradually get softer
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> decresc. or dim.
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becoming louder then softer
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<> messa di voce
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