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Choir Vocabulary Flashcards

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A new setting of existing melody

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Arrangement

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Instrumental music that supports the melodic line

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Accompaniment

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The sign that indicates the lower musical notes

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Bass clef

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Open 5th accompaniment

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Bordun

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4
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An open 5th accompaniment in which Do and So are played consecutively instead of simultaneously

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Broken bordun

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5
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A melody written to accompany the original melody

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Counter melody

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Notes that support the melody

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Harmony

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7
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To make up music spontaneously

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Improvise

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8
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A counter-melody in a high voice

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Obbligato

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9
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An accompaniment in which open 5ths are echoed in a higher octave.

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Octave bordun

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10
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The interval upon which Orff accompaniments are based

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Melody/rhythm

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A short and continuously repeating accompaniment pattern

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Ostinato

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12
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An open 5th accompaniment in which Do and So are played at the same time

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Simple bordun

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13
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Short syllables to read music

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Sol Fege

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14
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The sign that indicates the upper musical notes

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Treble clef

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15
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A melody that has been altered but is still recognizable

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Variation

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Larynx

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The voice box which contains the vocal chords. These chords vibrate to make sound

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Trachea

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The windpipe that air travels through causing the vocal chords to vibrate making sound.

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Tongue

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It shapes the size and sound of the mouth, affecting your voice

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Hard and soft Pallates

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Affects the sound cavity. It is similar to the tongue but is at the top of the mouth

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Sinus cavity

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Works with the tongue and the hard and soft Pallates.

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Lungs

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Where the air starts

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Phonation

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The act of making vocal sound

23
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Diaphragm

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A large muscle that separates the abdomen from the lungs. It is the primary breathing muscle

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