terms
ACCELERANDO
-to gradually get faster
BLUES
-style of American music with origins in rural black folk music. The texts usually expressed sadness.
ALLEGRO
-fast tempo
CANON
composition for two or more voices in which one voice enters after another in exact imitation of the first.
ANDANTE
-moderate tempo
CANTATA
-vocal composition developed in the Baroque period for chorus and/or solo voice(s)
ART SONG
-elaborate solo song
CHORD
-three or more tones played simultaneously
BALLAD
-in folk music, a narrative song dealing with topical themes
CLEF
-sign at the beginning of a staff that indicates the pitches of the lines and spaces.