Middle School Chorus Vocabulary #26-50

All singing the same pitch

• easy

• natural

• tutti

• unison

What is this symbol?

• time signature

• metronome marking

• marcato

• piu

What is the loudest dynamic marking?

• mezzo piano - mp

• mezzo forte - mf

• fortissimo - ff

• forte - f

Piu

• More

• A lot

• A little

• Less

Presto

• a tempo

• walking tempo

• slow tempo

• very fast tempo

Poco a Poco

• suddenly slower

• Little by Little

• strongly accented

• very soft

Rallentando

• gradually slowing down

• gradually louder

• suddenly slowing down

• gradually softer

Staccato

• very much

• all together

• short and detached

• smooth

tenuto

• moderate tempo

• marked, stressed

• short and detached

• fully sustained

slur

• a curved line joining 2 or more notes of different pitches

• a curved line showing no breath

• a curved line joining 2 notes of the same pitch

• a curved line showing where to breathe