Dynamics words
Loud
Forte
Four instruments of the orchestral string family
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
A slide from one note to another
Glissando
Short and spiky notes
Staccato
Upper register of a male singing voice
Falsetto
Quiet
Piano
Plucked strings
Pizzicato
A Baroque way of decorating a melody
Ornamentation
Vibrating or shaking on a note
Vibrato
Nonsense singing
Scat singing
Medium Loud
Mezzo Forte
Bowed strings
Arco
With sudden emphasis
Sforzando
A rapid repetition on the same note (normally strings)
Tremelo
The opposite of singing syllabically
Melismatic (or melisma)
Very loud
Fortissimo
What is a double stop?
2 notes of a chord played together
Suddenly
Subito
Side stick on a drum
Rim Shot
The four voices in a choir
Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB)
To get quieter
Diminuendo
Is a cello a fixed or flexible pitched instrument?
Flexible
Notes held for their entire value
Tenuto
Using rrrrrr sounds on a brass or wind instrument
Flutter tonguing
A choir without instrumental accompaniment
A Capella