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Chorus Vocab Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define: Accelerando

a)

becoming gradually faster

b)

rapidly becoming faster

c)

gradually becoming slower

d)

when music suddenly stops

2.

Define: Largo

a)

very fast paced beat

b)

very fast and narrow

c)

very slow and broad

d)

the black keys on a piano

3.

Ledger lines – short horizontal lines used to...

a)

Connect musical notes

b)

accelerate the pace of the music

c)

identify which notes are to be sung

d)

extend a staff either higher or lower

4.

Define: Legato

a)

A break/rest, in sheet music

b)

to play or sing in a smooth, connected manner

c)

the buttons on a trumpet

d)

ability to sing high notes

5.

Meter- indicated by a time signature, can be...

a)

long or short

b)

simple or compound

c)

wide or skinny

d)

loud or quiet

6.

Define: Opera

a)

a major vocal work that involves theatrical elements

b)

The people that be screaming real loud

c)

Singing in a high pitched tone for majority of a song

7.

Define: Tranquillo

a)

to perform in a relaxed tempo

b)

to perform in a stressed tone

c)

very loud tone

d)

calm, quiet

8.

Triad- three note chord consisting of the...

a)

pitch, tempo, and tone

b)

major chords

c)

minor chord

d)

root, third, and fifth

9.

Rallentando definition

a)

rapidly slowing down

b)

rapidly going faster

c)

gradually slowing down

d)

gradually going faster

10.

Strophic- describes a song where the stanzas are...

a)

All sung to different music

b)

all sung to the same music

c)

short

d)

less than 10 syllables

11.

Rubato- Making the established pulse flexible by _____and _______the tempo

(a)  

12.

Define: Senza

a)

without

b)

with

c)

within

d)

through

13.

Define: Vivace

a)

softly

b)

calmly

c)

quietly

d)

lively

14.

Define: Fermata

a)

scientific name for "voice box"

b)

when a song gradually ends

c)

a pause or hold

d)

when the beat of a song accelerates

15.

Define: Grandioso

a)

majestic

b)

pathetic

c)

synchronized

d)

all together

16.

Improvisation – music that is created...

a)

spontaneously

b)

with instruments

c)

without instuments

d)

with a plan

17.

Chromatic- motion by...

a)

chicken steps

b)

full steps

c)

quarter tone

d)

half steps

18.

Define: Andante

a)

rather slow

b)

rather fast

c)

strings of a guitar

d)

singing without background music

19.

Solfege- a system used for...

a)

teaching sight-singing

b)

learning the piano

c)

learning any instrument

d)

teaching how to make beats

20.

Sotto voce

a)

rapidly

b)

softly

c)

slowly

d)

high pitched