Rock terms

A performance by a singer or a group of singers that is not accompanied by instruments

• A cappella
• A silencio

• Bellisimo

• Staccato

A quarter note split into 3 separate beats that takes the same amount of space as a quarter note

• Triplet
• Half note
• Whole note
• Eighth note

a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat

• Syncopation
• Harmonization
• Melodization
• Orchestration

a group of notes sung to one syllable of text.

• Melissisimo

• Honeydew

• melisma

• belting

A very loud note.

• A whisper
• A shout
• A murmur
• fortissimo

Performed with each note sharply detached or separated from the others.

• Legato
• Staccato
• Pizzicato
• Glissando

 Singing very loudly from your chest; producing powerful and loud vocals.

• Belting

• Whisper singing
• Falsetto singing
• Yodeling

a method of voice production used by male singers to sing notes higher than their normal range

• Falsetto
• Bass
• Baritone
• Tenor

The highest register of the human voice, commonly above the soprano “high D”.

• Alto
• Tenor
• Whistle register

• Coloratura

the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity

• Tempo
• Harmony
• Timbre
• Rhythm