Know Your Terms
The lowest voice part in choral music.
Bass
This musical object has five lines and four spaces.
Staff
This note get 1 beat in 4/4 time.
Quarter Note
This is the Italian word meaning "soft."
Piano
Another Italian word meaning to sing without an instrumental accompaniment
A Cappella
The highest voice part in choral music.
Soprano
This clef is also known as the G-clef.
Treble Clef
This note gets 4 beats in 4/4 time.
Whole
The Italian word that is abbreviated with "m" in "mp" or "mf."
Mezzo or Medium
The person who originally writes a piece of music is called this
Composer
This determines how fast or slow a song moves.
Tempo
This part of music notation appears at the beginning of every song, after the clef, and contains 2 important numbers.
Time Signature
This symbol adds half of the note value to the note it follows
Dot
The Italian word meaning loud
Forte
The writing utensil you should always use when making notes in your music
pencil
This large muscle is located below the lungs but right above the stomach. It moves up and down to allow air into the lungs.
Diaphragm
This symbol may appear anywhere in a piece of music. It has two dots and two lines - 1 thin line and 1 thick line.
Repeat Sign
This note receives half of a beat in 4/4 time.
Eighth Note
One of the two Italian words meaning gradually softer
Decrescendo or diminuendo
The person you watch for musical cues such as entrances and cutoffs.
The Conductor.
This interior piece of anatomy at the back of the throat must be raised in order to create tall choral vowels.
Soft Palate
This symbol raises a pitch by a half step.
Sharp
This clef is also known as the "F Clef."
Bass Clef
This Italian term is represented by two p's (pp)
Pianissimo
The proper name for a piece of choral sheet music.
Octavo.