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• alto
  - Alto is the highest adult male or lowest female voice. Alto is also a musical instrument with the second or third highest pitch in the group.
  
  
• carol
  - Carol is a hymn or song celebrating Christmas.
  
  
• chord
  - Chord is a combination of three or more tones sounded together and in harmony.
  
  
• concerto
  - Concerto is a musical composition written for solo instrument and orchestra, wherein the soloist plays the melody and the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
  
  
• conductor
  - Conductor is a person who directs a choir's or orchestra's performance through gestures and facial expressions indicating the dynamics, phrasing, style and tempo.
  
  
• contralto
  - Contralto is the lowest female singing voice. Soprano refers to the highest female or boy's singing voice.
  
  
• dynamics
  - Dynamics refers to the varying intensities of sound (loudness or softness) in a musical work.
  
  
• falsetto
  - Falsetto refers to a voice above one's natural range, such as a male singing reaching a female pitch by partial use of vocal cords.
  
  
• fanfare
  - Fanfare is a short sounding or flourish of trumpets for military or ceremonial purposes.
  
  
• intermezzo
  - Intermezzo is a short piece of music between main divisions of an extended musical work.
  
  
• movement
  - Movement is a section of a larger piece of music.
  
  
• octave
  - Octave is the interval of eight tones between one musical note and the next note of the same name above or below it.
  
  
• octet
  - Octet is a musical composition written for a group of eight voices or instruments.
  
  
• operetta
  - Operatta is a short or light play with words sung to music.
  
  
• opus
  - Opus is a musical composition conveniently numbered in order as one of a composer's works.
  
  
• oratario
  - Oratario is an extended cantata (musical composition for voices and orchestra) usually with a biblical theme.
  
  
• overture
  - Overture is an orchestral composition forming a prelude to an opera or other large musical performance.
  
  
• pitch
  - Pitch determines how high or low a note sounds.
  
  
• polyphony
  - Polyphony (or Counterpoint) refers to a combination of melodies or a composition in this style.
  
  
• quartet
  - Quartet is a musical composition for a set of four musicians (instruments or voices).
  
  
• quintet
  - Quintet is a musical composition for a set of five musicians (instruments or voices).
  
  
• scale
  - Scale refers to a fixed series of successive tones (either ascending or descending) in a music system.
  
  
• soprano
  - Soprano refers to the highest female or boy's singing voice. Contralto is the lowest female voice.
  
  
• stave
  - Stave or (Staff) is the set of five horizontal parallel lines on which musical notation is written.
  
  
• tempo
  - Tempo is the rate of a piece of music.
  
  
• theme
  - Theme is a short melodious passage, which is repeated in a musical work.
  
  
• timbre
  - Timbre is the characteristic quality of a musical tone that distinguishes one instrument from another and is determined by the sound harmonies.
  
  
• trio
  - Trio is a musical composition for a set of three musicians (instruments or voices).
  
  

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