Vocabulary S – V

68. secondo – second or lower part

69. sempre – always

70. sforzando (sf or sfz) - strongly accented, forced

71. sharp - the sign that indicates the raising of a given pitch by one half-step

72. simile (sim.) – continue to perform in a similar manner

73. sotto voce – soft voice

74. staccato (stacc.) - detached, crisply played

75. strophic – describes a song where the stanzas(verses) are all sung to the same music

76. subito - suddenly, quickly

77. tenuto (ten.) – fully sustained

78. time signature - the sign placed at the beginning of a song to indicate its meter

79. tonic - the key center, the foundation of a scale or melody.

80. vivace - lively, briskly