Voice Parts
This is the highest female voice part.
What is Soprano?
The system of short syllables we use to learn music.
What is Solfege?
The first thing we must do before we start vocalizing/singing.
What is "stretching/warming up"?
This symbol represents silence in music.
What is a Rest?
This symbol tells a musician to gradually increase volume.
What is a Crescendo?
This is the lowest male voice part.
What is Bass?
This is the syllable that is "home" or the tonic of the scale being sung.
What is "Do"?
This song is a patriotic piece sung at the start of every pep rally by our Varsity Ladies Choir.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
A note that has two beats in 4/4 time.
What is a Half Note?
This Italian term means "loud/strong".
What is Forte?
This is the highest male voice part.
What is Tenor?
These are specific motions/signals we use to represent each solfege syllable.
What are Handsigns?
This is what you call the person who stands in front of the choir and leads the group by waving their hands in tempo.
Who is the "conductor/director"?
"teacher" *accepted
The last flat is always __.
What is "Fa"?
This symbol tells a musician to gradually decrease volume.
What is a Decrescendo?
This is the lowest female voice part.
What is Alto?
What is "So"?
We learn this warm up to exercise the use of our hand signs and solfege patterns. #FavoritePartOfTheDay
What is the "Syllable Sheet"?
Also known as the "G" Clef, this symbol is twisty & curvy and found at the start of a melody for higher voices.
What is a Treble Clef?
This Italian term means "soft/quiet".
What is Piano?
This is the middle male voice part.
What is Baritone?
This is a group of three specific pitches that are sung, before sight reading, to set the tonality (or sound) of the scale.
What is the Tonic Triad?
When everyone sings the same part/melody at the same time.
What is Unison?
These stacked numbers are usually found at the beginning of a line of music and tells us how many beats per measure.
What is a Time Signature?
These two Italian terms mean to sing/play at a medium-loud and a medium-soft volume.
What is MezzoForte and MezzoPiano?