Chorus Vocabulary  B - D

15. ballad - a strophic, narrative song

16. berceuse - a lullaby

17. cantabile – singable; singing

18. chorale - a hymn of the Protestant Church

19. chord - 3 or more pitches sounded simultaneously

20. chromatic - motion by half steps

21. crescendo - increasing loudness

22. D.C. or Da Capo - repeat from the beginning of the composition

23. D.S. or dal segno - repeat from the sign

24. decrescendo - decreasing loudness

25. descant - a high-pitched ornamental part lying above the melody

26. diminished – lowered ; the lowering of a pitch by one half step

27. dolce - sweetly

28. dynamics - the degrees of loudness in a musical work