Chorus Singing Vocab

Front

Pattern of beats in music

Back

Rhythm

Front

Syllable shape and placement in singing

Back

Tone

Front

Musical passage with a clear beginning, middle, and end

Back

Phrasing

Front

Two adjacent vowel sounds

Back

Diphthongs

Front

Manner of behavior

Back

Deportment

Front

A written musical work

Back

Literature

Front

Clarity in pronouncing words when speaking or singing

Back

Diction

Front

Ending a sung note

Back

Release

Front

A concentrated and unified quality

Back

Focus

Front

Amplification of a voice by sympathetic vibration in a singer's body

Back

Resonance