Posture
How far apart should your feet be for standing, singing posture?
Hip-width apart
Where has Mrs. Johnson recently been asking you to take your breath from?
The soles of your feet.
What is the best vowel shape for singing?
Tall.
What is vocal tone?
How a voice sounds / It's quality or timbre
What is articulation?
The way in which you pronounce lyrics as you sing.
How should your hips be positioned when in standing, singing posture?
Straight (not tipped up or tipped back)
What is the purpose of performing our long hiss count every day?
To make your breath last a long time (conserving it) when singing.
When vowels are sung with a tall shape, will the tone be more mature or immature?
Mature.
The way sound waves are amplified within the cavities of the face and head is called...
Resonance.
What is Mrs. Johnson's phrase for correctly pronouncing consonants.
Where should your thumbs be pointed when in standing, singing position?
Forward
What did leaning over to sing warm-ups allow us to feel?
The pulse of air from our abdomen.
Why is it important, in a Choir, to sing with tall vowel shapes?
The choir's sound will be more unified (no one voice will stick out)
How many palates do you have in your mouth?
2
Why should you be "over the top" with your consonants when you sing?
So that the audience can understand what you are singing?
If you are making fists while in standing, singing position, what else will have tension in it?
Your throat and neck.
Is the diaphragm a muscle or a bone?
A muscle.
True or False - Smiling gives you a great vowel shape when you sing.
False! Smiling makes the vowel shape wide.
What are the names of the two palates in your mouth?
Hard palate and soft palate
Why is it important for a choir to sing their ending consonants on the same beat?
So that they sound unified.
Where should your ears be in standing, singing position?
Over your shoulders.
What does the diaphragm do?
Helps push air out when you exhale.
Of these two vowel sounds, which is easier to sing with a tall shape? "EE" or "AH"
"AH"
Hard palate.
Name a warm-up that helps the choir work on articulation.
Papa, Mama, Zing a mama, Ardvarks, and others...