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Chorus terms
Question | Answer |
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Accidental | a flat, sharp, or natural sign that appears within a piece of music; affects the notes written on the same line or space following it for that measure only |
Divisi | the parts divide |
Half step | the distance from any key on the keyboard to the very next key above or below, whether black or white |
Melodic interval | interval in which the two notes are sounded separately |
Natural | the natural sign before a note cancels the previous sharp or flat sign |
Whole step | two half steps |
Common time | means the same as the time signature 4/4 |
Consonants | sounds which have some type of interference or interruption of the air stream as it moves through the vocal tract |
Duet | two voices or instruments of equal importance performing together |
Intonation | pitch accuracy |
Octave | the interval of an 8th |
Phrase | part of a melody that expresses a musical idea; a “musical sentence” |
Vowels | sounds produced without any major interruption of the air flow through the vocal tract; articulators do not touch each other |
Consonance | a tone combination that is stable |
Dissonance | a tone combination that is unstable |
Sequence | a melodic or harmonic passage is repeated successively; may be ascending or descending, diatonic (using notes within the scale) or chromatic |
Syncopation | the accent in a musical passage falls on the weak beat rather than the strong beat |
Timbre | the quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another; also called “tone color” |
Transpose | to re-write a melody with the exact same sequence of notes and intervals in a different key (with a different Do) |