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CHORUS VOCABULARY
All the Vocabulary for the Chorus Midterm
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10th Grade
01/17/2009

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Term
Countermelody
Definition
Another melody going on in the same piece
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Tenuto
Definition
A stress mark
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A tempo
Definition
Go back to the original tempo
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Allegretto
Definition
Moderately fast
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Key Signature
Definition
Tells you where Do is located
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Slur
Definition
Sing two or more notes connected smoothly
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Diaphragm
Definition
Muscles that help you breathe
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Octavo
Definition
Single piece of music
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Falsetto
Definition
A false voice found in men
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Sacred
Definition
Having to do with religion
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Enharmonic
Definition
Two notes that sound the same with different names
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Marcato
Definition
march like
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Secular
Definition
Music having nothing to do with religion
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Balance
Definition
when a choir blends and all parts are heard equally
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Vowels
Definition
A,E,I,O,U
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Score
Definition
Two or more staffs linked together
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Dolce
Definition
To sing sweetly
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Sforzando
Definition
to sing a note forte, then piano, then crescendo quickly
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Animato
Definition
livley with animation
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Improvise
Definition
To make up as you go along
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Terraced Dynamics
Definition
Dynamic changes across voice parts at different times
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Enunciate
Definition
To sing your words clearly
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Transpose
Definition
To change keys
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Consonants
Definition
All letters that are not vowels
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Pick Up
Definition
notes at the begining that do not belong in a measure
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Canon
Definition
The strictest form of imitation, two or more parts have the same melody but start at different points
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Tonic
Definition
the first note of a key (DO)
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Soft Palate
Definition
the soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth
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Dal Segno
Definition
Repeat from this sign
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Dissonance
Definition
Sound of UNREST
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Fugue
Definition
the most fully developed procedure of imitative counterpoint
Term
Modulation
Definition
the process of changing from one key to another
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Da capo
Definition
return to the begining
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Glissando
Definition
a rapid scale acieved by sliding up the scale instead of note by note
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Counter Tenor
Definition
the highest male tenor part
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Mezzon Soprano
Definition
soprano in the middle, second soprano
Term
Hymns
Definition
music for religious services, easy for congregations
Term
Notation
Definition
a term for a system of expressing musical sounds through written characters called notes.
Term
Multicultural
Definition
many cultures
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bel canto
Definition
beautiful singing, vocal teq. orignated in 17th century france
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Passing tone
Definition
unaccented notes which move conjunctly between two chords to which they do not belong harmonically
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Bravo, Brava, Bravis
Definition
thanks to a boy, girl, group
Term
Hard Palate
Definition
a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located at the front roof of the mouth
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Vibrato
Definition
to vibrate
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Dramatic Soprano
Definition
Opera soprano!
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Lyric Soprano
Definition
warm ritch voice
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tessitura
Definition
most musically acceptable timbre for a given voice
Term
timbre
Definition
quality of sound that makes your voice different
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range
Definition
the span of your voice from highest to lowest
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Adagio
Definition
Moderatley slow
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Andante
Definition
"walking" tempo
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Andantino
Definition
A little faster than andante
Term
Allegretto
Definition
a little slower than allegro
Term
Allegro
Definition
fast
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vivace
Definition
livley
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presto
Definition
very fast
Term
prestissimo
Definition
very,very fast
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moderato
Definition
moderatley
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molto
Definition
very
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(Accel.) Accelerando
Definition
to gradually become faster
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(Rit.) Ritardando
Definition
Gradually become slower
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(ppp) Pianississimo
Definition
very, very soft
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(pp) pianissimo
Definition
very soft
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(p) Piano
Definition
soft
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(mp) mezzo piano
Definition
medium soft
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(mf) mezzo forte
Definition
medium loud
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(f) forte
Definition
Loud
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(ff) fortissimo
Definition
very loud
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(fff) fortississimo
Definition
very very loud
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(< cresc. ) Crescendo
Definition
to gradually get louder
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( > decresc. ) decrescendo
Definition
gradually get softer
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(dim.) diminuendo
Definition
Gradually get softer
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(<>) messa di Voce
Definition
becomming louder then softer
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Larghetto
Definition
a little faster than largo
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Largo
Definition
slow
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Grave
Definition
very slow
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