Chorus Vocabulary
Across
- 2. lengthens note duration
- 3. the fourth note of the solfege scale
- 4. lowers a note by a half step
- 8. the person who directs a musical group while communicating through hand gestures
- 12. to gradually get slower
- 15. the space between two barlines
- 16. to gradually get softer
- 18. male voice part, can be tenor, bass or....
- 19. Italian for "tail" or end section of a song
- 20. the lower female voice
- 21. a higher soprano part that may be added to enhance the music
- 24. the musical dynamic level that means "soft"
- 25. important to keep "tall" as you sing your song
- 27. the person who created the song
- 28. refers to how loud or soft music is performed
- 30. the higher female voice
Down
- 1. hold the note until the conductor's cut-off
- 2. the seventh note of the solfege scale
- 3. the musical dynamic level that means "loud"
- 5. words to a song
- 6. important for diction
- 7. raises a note by a half step
- 9. used to show phrasing in music
- 10. signature tells musicians how many beats are in each measure
- 11. Italian word for "medium"
- 13. a sign used to direct singers to repeat a section of a song
- 14. DO to DO, eight notes between
- 17. the fifth note of the solfege scale
- 22. the portion of a song that repeats and has the same lyrics
- 23. to gradually get louder
- 25. the portion of a song that repeats but has different lyrics
- 26. this person performs from the piano with singers
- 29. a system to assist singers in reading notes