Band Terms
Comprehensive Exam
Fall 2007
Music - The organization of sounds with some degree of rhythm, melody, and harmony.
Accelerando - gradually quicken tempo.
Accent - The emphasis on a beat resulting in that beat being louder or longer than another in a measure.
Accidentals – The use of Sharps or Flats in a piece.
Adagio - Quite slow
Agitato – Agitated or Restless
Allegro - Fast, cheerful.
Andantino - A tempo slightly faster than a moderate walking tempo.
Andante - Moderately slow or walking pace.
Arpeggio - Broken chord
Anacrusis – Pick up note
Arrangement - An adaptation of a composition.
Articulation – The use of devices to change the sound of the note, such as staccatos and slurs.
A Tempo - Return to the previous tempo
A tonal - no specific tonality
Ballad - a lyric piece.
Balance – The harmonious adjustment of volume and timbre between instruments or voices.
Band – An instrumental ensemble usually made up of wind and percussion instruments and no string instruments.
Bass clarinet - Woodwind instrument of the clarinet family with the lowest range.
Bar Line – A vertical line that divides the musical staff into measures or bars.
Baton – The conductor’s stick.
Beat - Regular pulsation; a basic unit of length in musical time.
Bugle - Brass instrument that evolved from the earlier military, or field, trumpet.
Cadence - The melodic or harmonic ending of a piece or the sections or phrases therein. A chord progression that "feels" like a conclusion.
Concert - A public performance of music.
Picardy 3rd - the use of a major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section in a minor key.
Degree - A note of a scale, identified by number.
Dynamics - The degrees of loudness or softness in a musical work, and their symbols.
Interval - The distance between two notes
Jazz - A style of music of Afro-American roots characterized by a strong rhythmic understructure, blue notes, and improvisation on melody and chord structure.
Note – The written symbols of music.
bpm – Beats per minute.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
2007 Fall Choir Final
Review sheet for Choir Comp 1st Semester
(Questions will be mostly multiple choice.)
Music – The organization of sounds with some degree of rhythm, melody, and harmony.
Note – The written symbols of music.
Chest Voice -The low register of the voice.
A cappella – Singing without accompaniment.
Alto – The lowest singing female voice.
Anthem – A choral composition, most often with religious lyric, with or without accompaniment, generally written for performances in churches.
Aria – An air or song for solo voice within an opera or oratorio.
Andantino – A tempo slightly faster than a moderate walking tempo.
Anacrusis – Pick up note
Art Song – A serious vocal composition, generally for voice and piano.
Arrangement – An adaptation of a composition.
Articulation – The degree to which notes are separated or connected, such as staccato or legato.
A Tempo – Return to the original tempo.
Balance – The harmonious adjustment of volume and timbre between instruments or voices.
Bocca Chiusa – Closed mouth. Singing or humming with closed lips.
Baritone – A low male singing voice between tenor and bass.
Bar Line – A vertical line that divides the musical staff into measures or bars.
Baton – The conductor’s stick.
Beats – A pulsation caused by 2 sound waves of slightly different frequency.
Bpm – Beats per minute.
Cantata – “Sung.” A multi-movement vocal work for concert or church performance by chorus and/or soloists and an accompanying instrumental ensemble.
Carol – A joyous song, usually sung at Christmas, and usually containing verses and a refrain.
Choir – A group of singers for sacred music.
Chorale – A German Lutheran hymn tune.
Chorus – A group of singers of secular music.
Close Harmony – Harmony in which notes of the chord are kept as close together as possible, often within an octave.
Coloratura – Elaborate ornamentation of the melodic line, usually by a vocalist. Also a voice type specializing in demanding virtuosity.
Common time – 4/4
Concert – A public performance of music.
Contralto – The lowest female voice
Coro – Choir or chorus
Cut time: 2/2 meter
Cycle – A set of songs meant to be performed as a whole.
Decrescendo – Gradually growing softer
Crescendo – Gradually growing louder
Degree – A note of a scale, identified by number.
Dolce - Sweetly
Doloroso – Sorrowful
Dramatic Soprano – A female singer with a slightly lower range than a Lyric Soprano.
Tenor – A high male voice between alto and baritone.
Soprano – The highest female voice.
(Questions will be mostly multiple choice.)
Music – The organization of sounds with some degree of rhythm, melody, and harmony.
Note – The written symbols of music.
Chest Voice -The low register of the voice.
A cappella – Singing without accompaniment.
Alto – The lowest singing female voice.
Anthem – A choral composition, most often with religious lyric, with or without accompaniment, generally written for performances in churches.
Aria – An air or song for solo voice within an opera or oratorio.
Andantino – A tempo slightly faster than a moderate walking tempo.
Anacrusis – Pick up note
Art Song – A serious vocal composition, generally for voice and piano.
Arrangement – An adaptation of a composition.
Articulation – The degree to which notes are separated or connected, such as staccato or legato.
A Tempo – Return to the original tempo.
Balance – The harmonious adjustment of volume and timbre between instruments or voices.
Bocca Chiusa – Closed mouth. Singing or humming with closed lips.
Baritone – A low male singing voice between tenor and bass.
Bar Line – A vertical line that divides the musical staff into measures or bars.
Baton – The conductor’s stick.
Beats – A pulsation caused by 2 sound waves of slightly different frequency.
Bpm – Beats per minute.
Cantata – “Sung.” A multi-movement vocal work for concert or church performance by chorus and/or soloists and an accompanying instrumental ensemble.
Carol – A joyous song, usually sung at Christmas, and usually containing verses and a refrain.
Choir – A group of singers for sacred music.
Chorale – A German Lutheran hymn tune.
Chorus – A group of singers of secular music.
Close Harmony – Harmony in which notes of the chord are kept as close together as possible, often within an octave.
Coloratura – Elaborate ornamentation of the melodic line, usually by a vocalist. Also a voice type specializing in demanding virtuosity.
Common time – 4/4
Concert – A public performance of music.
Contralto – The lowest female voice
Coro – Choir or chorus
Cut time: 2/2 meter
Cycle – A set of songs meant to be performed as a whole.
Decrescendo – Gradually growing softer
Crescendo – Gradually growing louder
Degree – A note of a scale, identified by number.
Dolce - Sweetly
Doloroso – Sorrowful
Dramatic Soprano – A female singer with a slightly lower range than a Lyric Soprano.
Tenor – A high male voice between alto and baritone.
Soprano – The highest female voice.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)