Quarter2 Choir Vocabulary

A _____ are the 5 lines and 4 spaces on which music is written.

What word describes a note that has a dot above it to tell the reader to play the note short and detached.

• Accent

• Tenuto

• Staccato

• Marcatto

A Fermata means....

• A symbol that tells the reader to hold a note until the director cuts off the sound

• two right slanting lines above a music section indicating that the ensemble must pause until the conductor begins conducting again.

• gradually slow down a little

• to return to the original tempo

A Grand Pause means....

• A symbol that tells the reader to hold a note until the director cuts off the sound

• two right slanting lines above a music section indicating that the ensemble must pause until the conductor begins conducting again.

• gradually slow down a little

• to return to the original tempo

A Poco Ritardando means....

• A symbol that tells the reader to hold a note until the director cuts off the sound

• two right slanting lines above a music section indicating that the ensemble must pause until the conductor begins conducting again.

• gradually slow down a little

• to return to the original tempo

A tempo means....

• A symbol that tells the reader to hold a note until the director cuts off the sound

• two right slanting lines above a music section indicating that the ensemble must pause until the conductor begins conducting again.

• gradually slow down a little

• to return to the original tempo

What is it called when you glide from one note to the next?

• Glissando

• Secular

• Sacred

• Slur

What is another word for music which is non-religious?

• Glissando

• Secular

• Sacred

• Slur

What is another word for music that is religious?

• Glissando

• Secular

• Sacred

• Slur

A symbol that smoothly connects two or more notes of different pitches by a curved line over or under the notes

• Glissando

• Secular

• Sacred

• Slur