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Choir Vocabulary

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does tempo mean?

a)

I'm not sure

b)

Fast

c)

The Speed of the song

d)

Slow

2.

What does a fermata tell you to do?

a)

Take a breath

b)

Repeat

c)

Pause

d)

Hold the note longer than the rhythm indicates

3.

What is sacred music?

a)

Religious Music

b)

Non-religious music

c)

Something special

d)

pretty

4.

What does a breath mark tell you to do?

a)

Breathe when your neighbor doesn't

b)

Jump up and down

c)

Repeat

d)

Take a breath

5.

What does D.S. mean?

a)

Go back to the beginning

b)

Go back to the sign

c)

Repeat back to the beginning

d)

The end

6.

What does Adagio mean?

a)

A walking pace

b)

Very fast

c)

At ease, slow

d)

Broad, slow

7.

What does largo mean?

a)

To slow down

b)

To speed up

c)

at ease, slow

d)

Broad, slow

8.

What does Vivace mean?

a)

To get faster

b)

Quick, lively

c)

A walking pace

d)

cheerful, fast

9.

What does Allegro mean?

a)

To get faster

b)

Quick, lively

c)

A walking pace

d)

cheerful, fast

10.

What does andante mean?

a)

To get faster

b)

Quick, lively

c)

A walking pace

d)

cheerful, fast

11.

What does staccato mean?

a)

Make a note smooth and flowing, sing together

b)

Make a note short and choppy, detached

c)

A Marked attack

d)

a musical thought or sentence

12.

What does Marcato mean?

a)

Make a note smooth and flowing, sing together

b)

Make a note short and choppy, detached

c)

A Marked attack, stronger than an accent

d)

a musical thought or sentence

13.

What is a musical phrase?

a)

Make a note smooth and flowing, sing together

b)

Make a note short and choppy, detached

c)

A Marked attack, stronger than an accent

d)

a musical thought or sentence

14.

What does legato mean?

a)

Make a note smooth and flowing

b)

Make a note short and choppy, detached

c)

A Marked attack, stronger than an accent

d)

a musical thought or sentence

15.

What is a descant?

a)

A Harmony

b)

non-religious music

c)

religious music

d)

looking at music for the first time.

16.

What is secular music?

a)

A Harmony

b)

non-religious music

c)

religious music

d)

looking at music for the first time.

17.

What is sight reading?

a)

A Harmony

b)

non-religious music

c)

religious music

d)

looking at music for the first time.

18.

What does tutti mean?

a)

Everyone sings

b)

Everyone sings the same thing at the same time

c)

Singing without instruments/accompaniment

d)

Breathing when your neighbor doesn't.

19.

What is stagger breathing?

a)

Everyone sings

b)

Everyone sings the same thing at the same time

c)

Singing without instruments/accompaniment

d)

Breathing when your neighbor doesn't.

20.

What is singing in unison?

a)

Everyone sings

b)

Everyone sings the same thing at the same time

c)

Singing without instruments/accompaniment

d)

Breathing when your neighbor doesn't.

21.

What is singing a cappella?

a)

Everyone sings

b)

Everyone sings the same thing at the same time

c)

Singing without instruments/accompaniment

d)

Breathing when your neighbor doesn't.

22.

What is an accent?

a)

Putting emphasis on a note/chord

b)

Pause

c)

Ending/Finish

d)

Indicates the end of a piece or section

23.

What is a double bar line?

a)

Putting emphasis on a note/chord

b)

Pause

c)

Ending/Finish

d)

Indicates the end of a piece or section

24.

What does fine mean (in a musical sense)?

a)

Putting emphasis on a note/chord

b)

Pause

c)

Ending/Finish

d)

Indicates the end of a piece or section

25.

What does caesura mean?

a)

Putting emphasis on a note/chord

b)

Pause

c)

Ending/Finish

d)

Indicates the end of a piece or section

26.

What is a tempo?

a)

The volume of the song

b)

The speed of the song

c)

The time

d)

The weather