Chorus Vocab

What is a Time Signature?

• Tells how many counts are in one measure.

• Tells what type of note receives one beat.

• Found at the beginning of the piece to define counting.

• It is a fancy symbol with no importance.

What does the top number of the time signature represent?

• Tells how many counts are in one measure

• tells what type of note receives one beat

• the volume of the music

• the speed of the music

What does the bottom number of the time signature represent?

• the manner in which notes are performed.

• tells what type of note receives one beat.

• the volume of the music

• none of the above

What are the open vowel sounds?

• ah, oh, eh

• ee, a

how many beats are in common time?

• 1

• 6

• 4

• 2

Define Dynamics

• the speed of the music

• a regular, repeated pattern of sound.

• the volume of the music

• the manner in which notes are performed.

What is rest?

• the song ends

• silence in music

• the notes are emphasized

• the rest is unimportant

how many beats are in cut time?

• 3

• 1

• 1 1/2

• 2

What are the closed vowel sounds?

• ee, a

• ah, oh, eh

what is a simple meter?

• time signature with a bottom number of 4

• multiple time signatures in a piece of music

• time signature with a bottom number of 8 that is grouped in 2s or 3s

• none of the above