-- Dr. John Long Middle School
Beginning Choir 

Vocabulary Words

--Flash Cards by Anthony Fields--

Beginning Choir

led by

Mrs. McCormick~

Notes--

1-2 3 4

Eighth Note

This typically recieves 1/2 a beat, but often can recieve more.

Quarter Note

Half Note

Whole Note

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Rests

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Eighth Rest

This recieves half of a beat, but can often be more or less.

Quarter Rest

Typically, this rest recieves 1 beat of silence, but sometimes it can be more or less.

Whole Rest

This typically recieves four beats of silence, but it can often be more or less.

Half Rest

This typically recieves two beats of silence, but it can often be more or less.

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Dynamics

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Piano

p

Soft, but not too soft.

Pianissimo

pp

A dynamic meaning "very, very soft".

Forte

f

A dynamic meaning "loud".

Fortissimo

ff

A dynamic meaning "very, very loud".

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Others

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Grand Staff

Two or more staffs conjoined together with a brace at the beginning and a double bar at the end.

Clefs

Treble Clef

This staff is played with the right hand on piano, but on singing, it is the highest pitch or range of the Grand Staff. It on the top of the Grand Staff. Usually, a Soprano II or Soprano I would sing up here.

Bass Clef

This part is played with the left hand in piano, but in singing it is the lowest pitch or range of the Grand Staff and is on the bottom of it. Altos and low Sepranos II usually sing around here.

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D.C. al Fine

Another word for "Coda", meaning that there is an additional ending or that the song isn't over.

Coda

An additional ending, basically meaning that the song isn't over and there's still more to play/sing.

Fine

The official ending after a DC. al Fine (or Coda).

Measure (Bar)

This usually consists of a "train car" that is 4 beats long. However, it can often be more or less according the the key signatures.

Key Signature

This will tell you how to play the song. It includes a top number in which tells you how many beats in each measure and a bottom of which tells you what note recieves one beat. 4/4 is common, but sometimes signatures like 3/4, 3/2, or even 2/2 pitch in. 

Accidental

This is a symbol used to cancel out sharps or flats which will, in turn, raise or lower in pitch.

Chord

Two or more notes played at the same time. One note can also be played to be concidered a "one-finger _____"

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Vocabulary Words

Not Learned Yet

in Class

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These are all vocabulary words we have not learned yet in class.

Piano pianissimo

ppp

A dynamic meaning "as soft as possible".

Forte fortissimo

fff

A dynamic meaning "as loud as possible".

Sixteenth Note

This recieves a sixteenth of a beat, but can often be more or less.

Sixteenth Rest

This recieves a sixteenth of a beat, but can often be more or less.

Dot(ted)

Dotted Quarter Note

Dotted Half Note

This half note usually recieves one extra beat, as half of the beat count of this note is one.

Crescendo

Gradually getting louder and louder into the song.

 Decresendo

Fermata

Extra beat(s) that are given to a note depending on what the time signature is.

Staccato

A brisk, quick beat. The dots for these are just above the note or just below the note, and the note keys are lifted up quickly, so the chorist needs to be prepared.

Chromatic (Scale)

Usually a scale consisting of half-steps going up or down.