WorksheetsChoral Music Terms 1
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is singing without any instrumental accompaniment?
a)
Octavo
b)
Falsetto
c)
Subito
d)
A cappella
2.
What term means to gradually get faster?
a)
Ritardando
b)
Accelerando
c)
Staccato
d)
Diminuendo
3.
Definition: how the choral sections interact with each other, relationship of one section to the rest
a)
Balance
b)
Divisi
c)
Harmony
d)
Unison
4.
What is 3 or more pitches sounded at the same time?
a)
Fermata
b)
Chord
c)
Range
d)
Legato
5.
What means to gradually get louder?
a)
Decresendo
b)
Diction
c)
Crescendo
d)
Staccato
6.
What means to gradually get softer?
a)
Legato
b)
Staccato
c)
Crescendo
d)
Diminuendo
7.
What is the layer of involuntary muscle under the lungs to support proper breath support?
a)
Diaphragm
b)
Intercostal Muscles
c)
Lungs
d)
Biceps
8.
What is the term for divided vocal parts?
a)
Dividsis
b)
Divisi
c)
Balance
d)
Split Parts
9.
What is the pronunciation of the text?
a)
Text
b)
Tutti
c)
Diction
d)
Words
10.
What is the degree of volume in music?
a)
Divisi
b)
Crescendo
c)
Decresendo
d)
Dynamics
11.
What gender does falsetto happen in?
a)
Male
b)
Female
12.
What is the symbol that dictates to hold a note longer than the presumed value?
a)
Fermata
b)
Legato
c)
Staccato
d)
Octavo
13.
Does a flat raise or lower a pitch by 1/2 a step?
a)
Raise
b)
Lower
14.
What are 2 or more tones sounded together at the same time to create texture?
a)
Melody
b)
Harmony
c)
Subito
d)
Tutti
15.
What means "in time"?
a)
Tempo
b)
Subito
c)
In Tutti
d)
In tempo
16.
What is the accuracy of pitch?
a)
Harmony
b)
Intonation
c)
Unison
d)
Range
17.
In music, what is singing in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes?
a)
Legato
b)
Subito
c)
Staccato
d)
a cappella
18.
What is an official piece of choral music?
a)
Photo Copy
b)
Fermata
c)
Octavia
d)
Octavo
19.
What is the spectrum of notes a voice can sing, lowest to highest?
a)
Chord
b)
Balance
c)
Range
d)
Tempo
20.
What means to gradually get slower?
a)
Ritardando
b)
Accelerando
c)
Crescendo
d)
Diminuendo
21.
Does a sharp raise or lower a pitch by 1/2 a step?
a)
Raise
b)
Lower
22.
What term means to sing detached, separated, shorter than normal?
a)
Legato
b)
Staccato
c)
Subito
d)
Marcato
23.
What does "subito" mean?
a)
Stop
b)
Gradually
c)
Almost
d)
Suddenly
24.
What is the rate of speed of a song?
a)
Tutti
b)
Ritardando
c)
Tempo
d)
Accelerando
25.
What does "Tutti" mean?
a)
All
b)
Almost
c)
Suddenly
d)
In time
26.
What is everyone singing at the same time on the same pitch?
a)
Unison
b)
Octavo
c)
Together
d)
Falsetto
27.
What is pianissimo?
a)
Very Loud
b)
Soft
c)
Very Soft
d)
Moderately soft
28.
What is the symbol for forte?
a)
mf
b)
f
c)
ff
d)
fe
29.
What is the order from lowest to highest of the choral parts?
a)
Bass, Alto, Tenor, Soprano
b)
Soprano, Alto Tenor, Bass
c)
Bass, Tenor, soprano, Alto
d)
Bass, Tenor, Alto, Soprano
30.
What does mezzo piano mean?
a)
Moderately Soft
b)
Moderately Loud
c)
Soft
d)
Very Soft
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