Chorus Final

Accelerando

Gradual Speed Up, Get Faster

Fermata

Hold until conductor says

Meno

Less

Piu

More

Staccato

Short/detached

Legato

Smooth/connected

A tempo

Return to original tempo

Dynamics

Fancy term for Volume

Forte

Loud

Piano

Soft

Crescendo

Gradually get Louder

Dynamic Order

ppp, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, fff

Secular

Non religious connotations

Sacred

Religious

Treble (Lines on the Staff)

Every Good Boy Does Fine

Treble (Spaces on the Staff)

FACE

Bass Clef (Lines on the Staff)

Great Big Dogs Fight Always

Bass Clef (Spaces)

All Cows Eat Grass

Ledger Lines

Allow you to continue above and below the Staff; Extends the Staff above or below

Grand Staff

Treble+Bass+Bracket

Another Name for Treble Clef

G Clef

Another Name for Bass Clef

F Clef

C Major

No Sharps or Flats

F Major

1 Flat

G Major

1 Sharp

Natural

Cancels Sharp of Flat in Key

Sharp #

Moves note up a half step

Flat b

Moved note down half step

Time Signature: Top Number

How many beats

Time Signature: Bottom Number

What note gets the steady beat

Another word for 4/4

Common Time

What note would receive one beat in 6/8 time?

The eight note

Tie

Same note

Slur

Different Notes

Arpeggio

Chord Broken Up and Played/ Sung Separately

Diphthong

2 Vowels, 1 Syllable

Intonation

Are you singing Sharp/Flat