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| Choral music generally without accompaniment; literally – in the style of the chapel. |
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| Accelerando (Accel.) or Stringendo (String.) |
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| Emphasis or stress o one tone over others |
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| Ad libitum (Ad lib.) or A placere |
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| Indicating 2/2 time or “cut time”; literally – on the breve (half note) |
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| Animated; excited; with life and spirit |
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| Return to the original tempo |
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| Great technical skill, virtuosity |
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| In a singing (lyric) style |
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| A section added at the end of a composition or passage as a conclusion |
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| to return and perform from the beginning |
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| To return and perform from the sign |
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| Pertaining to the notes of a major or minor scale |
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| A relation of state of tension between various tones |
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| Lower the tone one full step |
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| Raise the tone one full step |
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| The level (amplitude) or loudness of sound |
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| A different spelling of the same pitch or chord |
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| A sign that indicates the note or rest over which it is placed is to be prolonged |
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| The distance or relation between two pitches |
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| A groupigof accidentals placed at the beginning of a composition or section to indicate key |
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| No sharps or Flats (key signature) |
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| One Sharp (key signature) |
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| Use of many notes of one syllable of text |
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| A change of key withing a composition |
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| Alternate version emotion or passion |
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| With fervent emotion or passion |
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| A natural division of the melodic line with a cadence; comparable to a clause or sentence |
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| Free use of accelerando and ritardando within a measure without altering the duratino of the measure as a whole |
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| Repetition of a set of notes at a different scale degree |
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| Sforzando or Sforzato (sf or sfz) |
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| Softly, with a subdued voice, literally “under the voice” |
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| The pace at which a composition is to be performed; rate of speed |
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| The location of the majortiy of pitches in a composition or section |
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| A symbol indicating the type of meter and the unit of beat |
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| All notes in a scale related to one central tone |
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| Voices on the same pitch or mixed voices in octaves |
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