Chorus Vocabulary 1

A group of singers is a:

• Muppets

• Chorus

• Band

• Orchestra

Highest voice part

• Tenor

• Bass

• Alto

• Soprano

Lowest voice part

• Bass

• Soprano

• Tenor

• Alto

Symbol at the beginning of music; for high voices

• Bass Clef

• Sharp Sign

• Flat Sign

• Treble Clef

Vertical lines used to divide the staff into measures

• bar lines

• repeat sign

• treble clef

• forte

Symbol found at the beginning of a song; tells you how many beats per measure.

• bar line

• bass clef

• time signature

• sharp sign

5 lines/4 spaces on which music is written

• bar lines

• staff

• measures

• time signature

Bass clef

• Symbol at the beginning of the song; used for low voices

• Symbol at the beginning; how many beats per measure

• Symbol that tells you how loud and soft to sing

• Symbol that tells you to sing legato

Sections of music; distance from one bar line to the next

• measures

• repeat signs

• staff

• treble clef

Two vertical lines; at the end of a song

• staff

• time signature

• double bar line

• bass clef