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| < gradually getting louder |
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| Voice parts sounding the same pitches in the same rythem simultaneously. |
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| Two or more parts sounding simultaneosly. |
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| Sharps (#) of flats(b) at the beginning of a composition to indicate it's basic key. |
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| The sign placed at the beginning of a composition to indicate the meter. For ex. 4/4 or 3/4 |
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The symbol that appears at the beginning of the staff, generally for pitches above middle C. |
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The symbol at the beginning of the staff for lower voices or instruments. |
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| > To gradually become softer. |
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| The person who writes the words for a song. |
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| Person who writes the music. |
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| Unaccompanied vocal music. |
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| Using only the upper third of the singer's lungs. |
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| This is essential to sing in tune with strength and tone. |
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| Indicates the note should be sung with force or stress. |
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| (#) A symbol that raises a pitch by half a step. |
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| Another name for the 4/4 time signiture. |
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| All Five vowels retain the principle of vertical sinhing, that is, jaw down and cheeks raised, but each has a little different jaw and lip position. |
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| A beautiflu vowel sound , very clean and smooth. Lips pucker and come together, but the jaw stays down. |
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| Is an easy vowel to shape. Shape your mouth and lips in the shape of an O as if blowing a frost ring. |
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| Shaped very vertically like a yawn with jaw dropped and cheeks lifted. |
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| Is an extension of OO. For ex., free, see, be. |
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Heavier sound made when you sing lower pitches that resonate primarily in the chest region. |
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A lighter sound made when you sing higher pitches which resonate more in the head and face region.
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| Pitches which lie in the middle range of the voice, combining chest and head voice. |
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| Vertical shape, but requires a lowere jaw then OO or EE |
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| The degree to which pitch is accurately produced in tune. |
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| A mark placed within a phrase or melody showing where the singer or musician should breathe. |
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| Get the mouth open both on the outside and inside so that the vibrations made by our vocal cords can be rich and full. |
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| Slow tempo but not as slow as largo. |
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| Latin for lord have mercy. |
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| Getting louder little by little. |
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| Majestic in the style of a march. |
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| Author of "The Star Spangled Banner" (Words) |
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| Composer of "The Star Spangled Banner" (Music) |
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| Go back to the sign and sing to the coda. (Dal Segno) |
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| Ending Section a concluding portion of composition. |
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| The text (words) of a dramatic musical work, such as the opera. |
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| An elaborate melody sung as a solo. (Bth C. Song"Alma del care") |
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| To perfowm more and more slowly. |
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| A mark placed within a phrase or melody showing where the singer should breathe. |
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| An opening section at the beginning of the movement or work. |
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| The singer or musician should not take a breathe for the duration of the phrase. |
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| (<,>) Nickname for crescendo and decrescendo markings. |
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| Refers to expressive and rhythmic by a slight speeding up then slowing down of the tempo. |
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| A list of pieces the singer is prepared to perform. |
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| Over the years the group performed all the works in the standard choral repertoire. |
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| Released from jail after spending 19 years there he breaks his parole and changes his identity, becoming mayo oaf a small town.(Tenor) |
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| Respecting the law above all else, Jacert relentlessely pusues Valjean, hoping to bring justice to the escaped convict.(Baritone) |
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| A worker who loses her job and becomes a prostitute in order to pay the thenardiers for the welfare of her daughter (Mezzo Soprano) |
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| The daughter of Fantine , the Thenardiers force eight year old Cosette to work. |
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| The unscrupulous wife of Thenardier (Mezzo Soprano) |
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| A second rate theif, Thenardier runs a small inn (Baritone) |
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| A student revolutionary, is friends with Eponine, but in love <3 with Cosette. (Tenor) |
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| Is the pampered daughter of the Thenardiers. She grows up with Cosette and is unkind to her. |
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| Is a street wise urchin who dies on the barricade helping the revolutionaries. (Boy Soprano) |
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| A young gentleman who tries to buy Fantine's services and is responsible for her arrest. (Baritone or Tenor) |
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| Freely, allows the conductor, or the performer to vary the tempo. |
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| Performed with much more smoothness and a connected style. |
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| The accented first beat of the measure. |
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| Congregational song song or hymn of the German Protestant church we are singing a Bach Chorale. |
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| Adjusting to a change of keys within a song. |
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| Reading and singing of music at first sight. |
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| A rhythmic or melody passage this repeated continously. |
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| Delicate, to play or sing delicately. |
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| The muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen. The primary muscle in the inhalation/exhalation cycle. |
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| Slow's a little faster than adagio. |
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| The young male voice that is developing. |
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| Expresive songs, life, love, and human relationship, for solo voice and piano. |
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| Invented on the spur of the moment. |
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