Chorus Vocabulary  P - R

55. phrase - a single musical idea

56. pianissimo (pp) - very soft

57. piano (p) - soft

58. pizzicato (pizz.) – strings are plucked with fingers rather than bowed

59. poco a poco - little by little

60. portamento –the voice glides through all the pitches

61. prestissimo – as fast as possible

62. primo – first or upper part

63. psalm – a musical composition whose text is taken from the Book of Psalms

64. rallentando (rall.) - slowing down; the same as ritardando

65. ritardando (rit.) - slowing down gradually

66. ritenuto – the same as ritardando but used to describe a marked     reduction of tempo

67. rubato - making the music flexible by accelerating and slowing down the tempo