Chorus Vocabulary F - K

29. fermata - a pause or hold

30. fine - the end

31. flat - the symbol which indicates the lowering of a given pitch by one half-step

32. folksong –music handed down for many generations

33. forte (f ) - loud

34. giusto –  strict tempo

35. glissando (gliss.) –a sliding scale of pitch (for instruments)

36. grave - grave, solemn

37. harmony -pitches as they sound simultaneously

38. hymn –song consisting of various stanzas sung to the same melody

39. interval - the distance between two pitches

40. key - the pitch relationships that establish a tonal center

41. key signature - sharps or flats at the beginning of each staff