Voices
Name 3 things you can do to AVOID hurting your voice.
Tobacco, talking loudly consistently, talking on the phone, being in loud places, eating late at night, dehydration, screaming/yelling, whispering.
This is the difference between a composer and an arranger.
A composer wrote the music first. An arranger takes what a composer wrote and changes it to what they want.
The 5 lines that notes are written on that we see in music.
What is a staff? Number 5.
This is the name of "do re mi fa sol la ti do".
What is solfege?
The name of the three parts of a note and draw and label it on the board.
What is a note head (c), stem (b), and flag (a)?
Name one of the songs another grade performed this last concert and which grade performed it. (It cannot be from Select Choir or Footloose)
6th - Fathoms Below, Shades, The Lion King Medley
7th - Home, Thank You For the Music, Save the World/Don't You Worry Child
8th - From Now On, Ain't No Mountain High Enough
This is the musical term for "medium". An example of it in music is "mf".
What is mezzo?
This is the name and number of counts for all of the notes we've learned in class. (draw and label them on the board)
(order from top to bottom)
whole note - 4 counts
half note - 2 counts
quarter note - 1 count
eighth note - 1/2 count
This symbol may appear anywhere in a piece of music. It has two dots and two lines - 1 thin line and 1 thick line.
A repeat sign!
This is the order of the four main voice parts from highest to lowest.
What is soprano, alto, tenor, bass?
In choir, this is the "instrument" we use to make singing happen. (Hint: two words)
What is vocal folds?
This is the definition of rhythm.
What is music's pattern in time?
Draw and label a treble and bass clef.
Mrs. J will check this.
These are the four things we look most for in posture besides looking at the director.
1. Feet apart with one in front of the other. 2. Shoulders down and back. 3. Back straight. 4. Hands at your sides.
These are the names of Mrs. J's pets.
Who are Boba (the cat) and Hazel (the dog)?
Sing through a section from a song we performed in our FIRST concert this year. (It cannot be The Star Spangled Banner and it cannot be a song Select Choir performed.)
6th Grade - The Water is Wide, The Tailor of Gloucestor
7th Grade - Down to the River to Pray, Grim Grinning Ghosts
8th Grade - The Phantom of the Opera, Double Trouble
What kind of note gets one beat in 6/8 time?
Eighth note!
What do the two numbers (one of top of each other) tell us and what are they called?
What is a time signature? Top number - how many counts per measure. Bottom number - what kind of note gets the beat.
This is the difference between melody and harmony. Listen to Mrs. J play two examples on the piano and say which one is the melody and which is the harmony.
What is melody is the main tune of the song while a harmony is an additional tune that compliments the melody?
The last one of these on the staff is "fa" and this helps us find "do".
What is a flat?
Name one of the composers/arrangers from this last concert.
6th - Joyce Eilers, Hank Beebe, Mac Huff
7th - Greg Gilpin, Julie Knowles, Mark Brymer
8th - Roger Emerson, Dean Pitchford
Select Choir - Ed Lojeski, Mark Brymer, Mark Hayes
This is when you play or hear a note and you're able to sing it after not singing it for a while.
What is pitch memory?
Write the counts for the example Mrs. J gives you.
Mrs. J will check this.
This means to gradually get quieter. Name the musical term and draw it on the board.
Decrescendo.
This is where Mrs. J got her Bachelor's Degree.
What is Utah State University?