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Choir study 2025
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A capella | Without piano/accompaniment |
| A tempo | Returning to the original speed of a piece |
| Accelerando | Acceleration of a tempo (speeding up) |
| Accent | Emphasis on a note (looks like >) |
| Accompaniment | Piano or other instrumental part that plays along with a piece |
| Adagio | Slow and stately ("at ease") |
| Al niente | "To nothing," fading to silence |
| Allegretto | "A little lively" / "briskly" |
| Andante | Walking pace (tempo) |
| Balance | An even distribution of individual voices/frequency |
| Blend | The match and mix of voices to create a unified sound |
| Cadence | A sequence of chords to create harmonic resolution |
| Chord | A group of notes put together in harmony |
| Coda | Passage that brings a piece to an end/brings it to a next part |
| Common Time | 4:4 |
| Crescendo | Gradual increase of loudness |
| Da Capo | "From the beginning" |
| Dal Segno | The arrival point after a coda ("from the beginning to the SIGN") |
| Decrescendo | Gradual decrease of loudness |
| Diction | Distinctiveness of speech |
| Diminuendo | Diminishing in volume |
| Dissonance | The use of clashing notes to create tension in music |
| Dolce | An indication to play in a tender, adoring manner ("sweetly") |
| Dynamics | The variation in loudness between notes or phrases |
| Espressione | To play/sing with a personal response to the music; expressively |
| Fermata | Indication that a note should be prolonged beyond normal duration |
| Fine | "The end" |
| Forte | Loud |
| Forte piano | Loudly then immediately softly |
| Grave | Slow and solumn |
| Harmony | Combination of different sounds/notes to create new, distinct musical ideas |
| Interval | A difference in pitch between two sounds |
| Intonation | The pitch accuracy of a musician or musical instrument |
| Largo | Very slow, but slightly faster than its counterpart |
| Legato | Smooth and connected |
| Lento | Very slow, slightly slower than its counterpart |
| Maestoso | To play a certain passage in a dignified, majestic fashion |
| Marcato | To play a note, chord, or passage louder/more forceful (looks like ^) |
| Mezzo forte | Mildly loud (mf) |
| Mezzo piano | Mildly soft (mp) |
| Moderato | Moderate tempo |
| Molto | "very" or "much" in relation to intensity |
| Ostinato | Short, repeated/harmonic patterns persisting throughout a piece |
| Pianissimo | Very soft in volume |
| Piano (not the instrument) | Soft in volume |
| Poco a Poco | Little by little |
| Presto | Very fast tempo |
| Ritardando | To gradually slow down tempo |
| Rubato | Free, fluctuating tempo |
| Senza | Without vibrato; straight tone |
| Sforzando | Sudden, strong accent or emphasis on a note or chord |
| Sostenuto | Sustained or steady/prolonged in value |
| Staccato | Short and detached (looks like a dot under a note) |
| Subito | "Suddenly" |
| Syncopation | Rhythmic "off-beat" note patterns |
| Tempo | The speed of a piece or passage |
| Tenuto | To hold a note for its full intended value (looks like a line under the note) |
| Timbre | The distinctive sound and "tone color" of a note |
| Vivace | Lively, fast, energetic tempo |
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