Choral Studies Terms 1

Question 1

acapella

Answer 1

singing without accompaniment

Question 2

accelerando

Answer 2

gradually faster

Question 3

accent

Answer 3

stress on emphasis on terms

Question 4

adiago

Answer 4

slowly

Question 5

agitato

Answer 5

agitated

Question 6

air

Answer 6

melody or song

Question 7

allargando

Answer 7

gradually slower

Question 8

allegro

Answer 8

fast

Question 9

andante

Answer 9

walking tempo

Question 10

aria

Answer 10

a solo in an opera

Question 11

arranger

Answer 11

a person who adapts a musical work

Question 12

art songs

Answer 12

classical songs

Question 13

balance

Answer 13

relationship between parts of the choir

Question 14

ballad

Answer 14

a song that tells a story

Question 15

bar line

Answer 15

divides the song into measures

Question 16

baritone

Answer 16

middle range for males

Question 17

bass

Answer 17

lowest male part

Question 18

basso buffo

Answer 18

sings the lowest part in the bass part

Question 19

basso buffo

Answer 19

comic role sung by the bass

Question 20

blend

Answer 20

relationship of a voice to those around it

Question 21

bridge

Answer 21

transitional part, connects one to another

Question 22

cadence

Answer 22

ending part, finish or rest

Question 23

cadenza

Answer 23

elaborate passage at the end of a vocal solo

Question 24

canon

Answer 24

a melody sung by one repeated in succession by others

Question 25

cantata

Answer 25

a composition containing many movements

Question 26

carol

Answer 26

traditional christmas or easter song

Question 27

chanson

Answer 27

french word for song

Question 28

chant

Answer 28

a repetition spoken on pitch

Question 29

chanty

Answer 29

a sea song

Question 30

choir

Answer 30

a group of voices that become one