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Vocab
Musical Theatre
Dance Music
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100

In C major, this note is the 6th step of the scale.

What is A?

100

This French word means "style" or "type".

What is genre?

100

This style of singing might sound like yelling, but is actually supported by a lot of air!

What is belting?

100

All dance music has a strong sense of this.

What is a beat?

100

Someone's 'vocal range' means this.

The lowest to the highest notes they can sing.

200

The notes C and F are this interval apart.

What is a 4th?

200

This is the name for the 5 lines and 4 spaces where we write music notes.

What is the staff?

200

This is the opposite of a comedy.

What is a drama?

200

Dance styles like Reggae come from this island.

What is Jamaica?

200

The shaking sound of a pitch is called this Italian word.

What is vibrato?

300
A sharp changes the pitch of a note in this way.

What is: it raises it a half step higher?

300

This French word means "quality" of a sound.

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What is timbre?

300

This type of dancing features special shoes that click loudly on the floor.

What is tap-dancing?

300

This old-style of dancing was famous in Europe, and is counted in groups of 3.

What is the waltz?
300

This Italian word means: "Singing without instrumental accompaniment".

What is a cappella?

400

5 eighth notes are worth this number of beats in 4/4 time.

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What is 2 and a half?

400

This Italian word describes music that gradually gets louder.

What is crescendo?

400

This world-renowned show features a spooky specter who teaches a young girl how to sing.

What is the Phantom of the Opera?

400

This style of dancing features acrobatics like spinning on your head, twisting your body in circles, and fast jumping.

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What is break-dancing?

400

Instruments were not allowed to be played in Medieval Europe's churches for this reason.

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They were vulgar/of the human world/did not have a soul.

500

The splitting up of beats into their smaller parts is called this.

*Example: 1-2-3-4 becomes 1+2+3+4+*

What is Subdivision?

500

If you sing a song staccato, that means you would sing the notes in this manner.

What is short and detached?

500

Something that happens again and again across many different musical theatre shows is called this.

*Examples: a damsel in distress, people falling in love at first sight, people breaking into song*

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What is a trope?

500

A dance rhythm that emphasizes the OFF-BEAT can be described this way.

What is Syncopation?

500

The oud is a stringed instrument that originated in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. This modern-day instrument can trace its origins back to the oud.

What is the guitar?