Music Terms
How fast or slow music is
Tempo
a quarter note is worth how many beats
1 beat
This is the group you join to sing together
Choir!
Highest female voice part
Soprano
A performance where choir sings for an audience
Choir Concert
What is it called when everyone is singing the same pitch together?
Unison
A half note is worth
2 Beats
High and low sounds are called what?
pitches
Lowest female voice part
Alto
What is singing alone in front of others called?
A solo
Volume in music is called what?
Dynamics
A whole note is worth
4 Beats
Who is the person that leads and conducts the choir?
The Director
Lowest male voice part
What is it called when we practice songs together before performing?
Rehearsal
What is the pattern of beats in music?
Rhythm
Eighth note gets
1/2 Beat
What is it called when everyone's voices are seamlessly together in choir?
Blend
Highest male voice part
Tenor
What is a smaller performing group called?
an ensemble
What is the written music singers follow called?
Sheet music
Sixteenth note gets
1/4 of a Beat
What is the series of symbols called that we use to sing the notes of a scale?
Solfege
Middle male voice part.
Baritone
What do we do before singing in rehearsal?
A vocal warm up