Choir Vocab Unit 1

Match the definition to the word

• Keeping a vertical space in the mouth

• Music Staff

• 5 lines and 4 spaces

• Posture

• The position someone holds their body

• Solfege

• Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do

• Tall Vowels

• gestures to help place notes in a scale

• Hand Signs

Tempo​ (a)  

• The speed of a song
• The pitch of a song

Largo​​ (a)  

• VERY SLOW
• VERY FAST

Allegro​ (a)  

• Brisk, mildly fast
• Slow, mildly melancholy

Andante​ (a)  

• Moderately Slow
• Moderately Fast

Presto​ (a)  

• Extremely Fast
• Extremely slow

Match the word to the definition

• Medium Loud

• Piano

• Medium Soft

• Dynamics

• How loud or soft something is

• Mezzo Piano

• Soft

• Pianissimo

• Really soft

• Mezzo Forte

Forte​ (a)  

• Loud
• Soft

Fortissimo​ (a)  

• Really Loud
• Really Soft

Match the word to the definition

• small number written on each measure

• Measure number

• A treble and bass clef - piano part

• Barline

• The space between two barlines

• Measure

• Vertical lines that separate the measure

• Grand Staff