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