Chorus Singing Vocab

A particular pattern of beats in a piece of music

• Tempo

• Release

• Rhythm

• Phrasing

The way a syllable of a word is sung in terms of shape and placement

• Release

• Blend

• Intonation

• Tone

Performing a musical passage with a clear beginning, middle, and end

• Vitality

• Phrasing

• Resonance

• Deportment

Two adjacent vowel sounds

• Dynamics

• Diphthongs

• Chords

• Blend

The manner in which a person behaves

• Vitality

• Resonance

• Deportment

• Energy

A written musical work

• Literature

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Diction

The clarity with which one pronounces words when speaking or singing

• Blend

• Energy

• Diction

• Attack

The way in which a singer ends a note being sung

• Attack

• Release

• Intonation

• Tempo

A concentrated and unified quality

• Blend

• Resonance

• Diction

• Focus

Amplification of a voice caused by sympathetic vibration in a singer's body

• Chord

• Tempo

• Resonance

• Phrasing