Dynamics words
Stringed techniques
General knowledge
Inst techniques
Vocal techniques
100

Loud

Forte

100

Four instruments of the orchestral string family

Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

100

A slide from one note to another

Glissando

100

Short and spiky notes

Staccato

100

Upper register of a male singing voice

Falsetto

200

Quiet

Piano

200

Plucked strings

Pizzicato

200

A Baroque way of decorating a melody

Ornamentation

200

Vibrating or shaking on a note

Vibrato

200

Nonsense singing

Scat singing

300

Medium Loud

Mezzo Forte

300

Bowed strings

Arco

300

With sudden emphasis

Sforzando

300

A rapid repetition on the same note (normally strings)

Tremelo

300

The opposite of singing syllabically

Melismatic (or melisma)

400

Very loud

Fortissimo

400

What is a double stop?

2 notes of a chord played together

400

Suddenly

Subito

400

Side stick on a drum

Rim Shot

400

The four voices in a choir

Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB)

500

To get quieter

Diminuendo

500

Is a cello a fixed or flexible pitched instrument?

Flexible

500

Notes held for their entire value

Tenuto

500

Using rrrrrr sounds on a brass or wind instrument

Flutter tonguing

500

A choir without instrumental accompaniment

A Capella

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