Singing
The 4 voices in music are:
Bass, tenor, alto , and Soprano.
Famous Jazz Singer from Newark
Sara Vaughn
Jazz started around the late 1800s in this city.
New Orleans
name a string instrument
Guitar, violin, cello , bass, viola
Music from Africa based heavily on rhythm and percussion
Tribal Music
gradually getting louder
crescendo
This singer won the most grammys
Beyonce
In music a person's chops means
A way to describe someone who plays their instrument well
yellow metal instrument in the woodwind family crazy fast jazz solos
saxophone
Art form that emphasizes singing about sorrowful times melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence.
Blues
A dramatic, tragic, or comic story set to music by singers and instrumentalists is called an
opera
This singer had the most hits out of any African American artists in the 1940s
Dinah Washington
Jazz relies heavily on ____________ when you make part of the music up during the song
improvisation
The lowest string instrument
Bass
a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday etc
Jazz
one word spread over several notes
melisma
This singer received a life time achievement award in 1967
Ella Fitzgerald
Type of fast burning jazz with fast chord changes
BeBop
how are instruments classified?
By how they make their sound
Urban art form that started in the Bronx in the 70s
Hip Hop/Rap
Why did opera singers develop a powerful singing style?
To sing over the volume of instruments , and to fill the sound of a large room
Famous singer from Philly is the Godmother of Soul with an amazing voice and determination hits include "Attitude", and "Stir It Up"
Patti LaBelle
Scat for us
Shooby , Dooby, Bip, Bop, Wee, Wah , Bada ba dap
etc
What is a percussion instrument? Can you name a few?
Any instrument that you hit or strike to make a tone. Drums: snare, bass, cymbal, Timpani, Piano
What is the African American National Anthem?
Lift Every Voice and Sing