Pitch
Dynamics
Glissando
Call & Response
Interlude
Overture
Texture
Duration
Underscoring
Tone Colour
Melisma
Tempo
A short piece of instrumental music played between scenes or acts
A continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes.
The playing of music quietly under dialogue or a visual scene.
Singing a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession.
A succession of two distinct phrases where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or in response to the first. Eg: The second phrase addresses the question or statement that was the first phrase.
The degree of highness or lowness of a tone.
An introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
An amount of time or a particular time interval: how long or short a note, phrase, section, or composition lasts.
The character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.
The variation in loudness between notes or phrases.
The layers of instruments/vocals
The rate, the speed, the pace
