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  Alto: The second highest voice in 4 part SATB music. It is in treble clef with stems down.

Bass: The lowest voice in 4 part SATB music. It is in bass clef with stems down.

Grand staff: Two staffs, one in bass clef below one in treble, connected by a bracket.

Open Score: Music notated so that each part has a staff.

SATB: A way of notating four part harmony, usually for choruses.

Soprano: The highest voice in 4 part SATB music. It is in treble clef with stems up.

Spacing: The distance/size of the interval between two parts in a piece of music. Soprano to Alto and Alto to Tenor should be an octave or less apart, while Tenor to Bass should be a 12th or less.

Tablature: Notation depicting each string and fingering for guitar and similar instruments.

Vocal Range: The range of pitches that a singer can hit.

Vocal Crossing: The overlap of voices so that a lower part is higher than the part above it or vice versa.