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¾: A time signature representing 3 beats in a measure where the quarter note receives the beat
2/4: A time signature representing two beats in a measure where the quarter note receives the beat
4/4: A time signature representing 4 beats in a measure where the quarter note receives the beat
A Cappella: Singing without instrumental accompaniment
A tempo: The Italian term indicating to return to the original tempo.
Accelerando: The Italian word indicating to gradually speed up.
Accent: Symbol indicating the note is to be sung with extra force or stress.
Accidentals: Sharps, flats or naturals occurring in a piece of music that are not in a key signature
Accompaniment: A musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for
other musical parts
Accompanist: A performer who plays music that supports the main performer’(s)
Alto: The lowest female singing voice
Andante: A moderately slow walking tempo
Arpeggio: “Broken chords” or notes of a chord sounded out at a time
Arranger: A person who transfers music from one medium to another
Ascending: A melodic line that raises in pitch
Baritone: Second lowest male singing voice, between tenor and bass
Barline: Divides the staff into measures
Bass Clef: mainly used by the men and is also called the F clef
Bass: The lowest male singing voice
Beam: The horizontal line that connects notes into easily visible groups.
Beat: The basic durational unit in a piece of music
Choir: A large group of singers often associated with a church
Choral: When pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, it refers to a vocal composition.
Chord: Three or more pitches sounded simultaneously
Chorus: A large group of singers. Often used for school groups and others not associated with a
church
Clef: A musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes
Common Time: An alternative way of identifying a time signature where there are 4 beats in a
measure and the quarter note receives the beat
Conductor: The leader of a musical ensemble who indicates through gestures or conducting
patterns how the music should be interpreted
Crescendo: to gradually become louder.
Decrescendo: to gradually become softer.
Descending: A melodic line that lowers in pitch
Diaphragm: a muscular partition separating the abdominal and chest cavities and functioning in
breathing.
33. Dotted Half Note: A note that receives 3 beats of sound in 4/4 time
34. Dotted Half Rest: A rest that receives 3 beats of silence in 4/4 time
35. Double Bar Line: A double vertical or heavy black line drawn through a staff to indicate the end of
any of the main sections of a composition
36. Duet: Two performers, performing two different parts
37. Dynamics: The symbols used in music to tell how loud or soft to play
38. Eighth Note: A note that receives half a beat of sound in 4/4
39. Eighth Rest: A rest that receives half a beat of silence in 4/4
40. Ensemble: A group of musicians who perform together
41. Enunciation: To articulate or pronounce words especially clearly and distinctly
42. Fermata: A symbol indicating to hold a note longer than its normal duration
43. Flat: A symbol that lowers the pitch one half-step
44. Forte: Italian word that means loud.
45. Grand Staff: The combination of the bass and treble staves together which is used for notation
46. Half Note: A note that receives 2 beats of sound in 4/4 time
47. Half Rest: A rest that receives 2 beats of silence in 4/4 time
48. Harmony: The result produced when two or more tones are sounded simultaneously.
49. Interlude: a passage containing the main sections of a compostion
50. Interval: The pitch distance between two tones
51. Jazz: An American musical art from characterized by improvisation and rhythmic punctuation
52. Largo: A slow, broad tempo.
53. Larynx: The upper part of the trachea in the human throat, also called 'voice box', 'glottis', 'vocal
apparatus', the seat of the variation in tone of the voice
54. Ledger Lines: Short horizontal lines representing an extension of the staff, drawn through the
stems of notes too high or too low to be placed directly on the staff
55. Legato: to play or sing notes smoothly and connected.
56. Lines: Notes are written on
57. Lyricist: A person who writes words to songs
58. Measure: The space between two bar lines
59. Melody: A succession of single notes.
60. Mezzo Forte: Italian word meaning moderately loud
61. Mezzo Piano: The Italian word meaning moderately soft
62. Mezzo: The Italian term referring to medium
63. Natural: a symbol that cancels a previous sharp or flat.
64. Note: A pitched sound.
65. Phrase: A musical sentence with a beginning, middle, and end
66. Piano: Italian word that means soft.
67. Pitch: The location of a note related to its highness or lowness
68. Poco a poco: To change tempo or dynamics little by little
69. Quarter Note: A note that receives 1 beat of sound in 4/4 time
70. Quarter Rest: A rest that receives 1 beat of silence in 4/4 time
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Range: The number of notes a particular voice can sing
Repeat: A sign indicates that a musical section should be repeated.
Rest: A symbol indicating a measured silence in music.
Rhythm: The organization of music in time using long and short notes
Ritardando: The Italian word indicating to gradually slow down.
Sacred: Music with religious context
Secular: Music with religious context.
Sforzando: A sudden accented note usually followed by a piano marking
Sharp: A symbol that raises the pitch one half-step
Slur: A curved line notated above two or more notes that indicates they are to be played legato
Soft Palate: A muscular portion located in the back of the roof of the mouth that separates the oral
cavity from the nasal cavity used for inhalation and exhalation
82. Solo: In music, one performer, alone
83. Soprano: The highest female singing voice
84. Spaces: Notes are written in
85. Spiritual: A musical art form by African Americans which combines African rhythms with melodies
they heard in America
86. Staccato: To sing short and detached
87. Staff: The horizontal lines and spaces on which music is notated
88. Stage Presence: Proper deportment during a performance
89. Stave: The plural form of staff
90. Tempo: The speed or rate at which a song is sung or played
91. Tenor: The highest natural male singing voice
92. Tenuto: A symbol that indicates you should stress and extend the marked note
93. Tie: A curved line that joins two or more notes of the same pitch that last the duration of the
combined note values
94. Time Signature: specifies how many beats are in each measure and what note value constitutes
one beat.
95. Treble Clef: Mainly used by the women and is also called the G clef
96. Unison: When voice parts sound the same pitches and the same rhythms simultaneously
97. Vivace: The Italian word indicating a very fast tempo
98. Vocal Chords: The Organ of the voice by which we produce vocal sounds situated at the top of
the wind pipe
99. Whole Note: A note that receives 4 beats of sound in 4/4 time
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Whole Rest: A rest that receives 4 beats of silence in 4/4 time