Chorus Vocabulary 2

Falsetto/Head Voice

• The distance between two notes

• The lower range of a female singer (second highest in a four-part arrangement)

• The higher range of the voice, produced by partial use of the vocal cords (resulting in a more airy sound)

• Notes that are in the key signature

Enharmonic

• notes that are not found in the key signature

• when two parts move in opposite directions

• two notes sound the same, but have different names (A#=Bb)

• A melody containing step-wise motion

Glissando

• slide from one pitch to another. The notes are connected with a line & slur

• a melody containing step-wise motion (the notes are a major or minor second apart-scale)

• notes that are in the key signature

• the section of a musical staff between the bar lines (vertical lines)

Alto

• The lower range of a female singer (second highest in a four-part arrangement)

• A melody containing leaps between the notes larger than a second (thirds and larger)

• The distance between two notes

• Key change (the key signature changes)

Diatonic

• notes that are in the key signature

• when two voice parts move in the same direction

• one note per syllable

• notes that are not found in the key signature (notes in the measure with accidentals)

Belting

• Two notes sound the same, but have different names (A#=Bb)

• A melody containing step-wise motion

• The notes of a chord are sung or played simultaneously in the same rhythm

• A loud singing style used in pop, rock, and Broadway music, which utilizes the top range of the chest voice

Bass

• The lower range of a female singer (second highest in a four-part arrangement)

• The highest range of a female singer (highest in a four-part arrangement)

• A type of fish found in many songs

• Lowest range of a male singer (lowest male voice in a four-part arrangement)

Arpeggio/Broken Chord

• the notes of a chord are sung or played simultaneously in the same rhythm

• A melody containing step-wise motion

• the notes of a chord are sung or played in succession (one after another) ascending or descending

• two notes sound the same, but have different names (C#=Db)

Tenor

• A loud singing style used in pop, rock, and Broadway music, which utilizes the top range of the chest voice

• Higher range of a male singer (highest male voice in a four part arrangement)

• The high range of the voice, produced by partial use of the vocal cords

• Two notes sound the same, but have different names (A#=Bb)

Chromatic

• the notes of a chord are sung or played simultaneously in the same rhythm

• notes that are not found in the key signature (notes in the measure with accidentals)

• the notes of a chord are sung or played in succession (one after another) ascending or descending

• notes that are in the key signature