BHS Chorus -MUSICAL TERMS

6. Signature: The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
8. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
9. gradually becoming faster.
10. to be held for the full time value; sustained.
11. a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
14. A repeated musical phrase.
16. Short detached notes
17. time, the overall speed of a piece of music.
18. Signature: A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.

1. the execution of volume in a piece of music.
2. a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.
3. The distance in pitch between two notes.
4. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value
5. vocal register above the normal voice.
7. a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.
12. a symbol (♭) that lowers the pitch of a note by a semitone.
13. One of the two modes of the tonal system and can be identified by the dark, melancholic mood.
15. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.