Choir Definitions
Choir Warmups
Notes and Symbols
What comes next?
How well do you know Mrs. Wichman?
100
It takes the whole person to sing: we warm up these four things.
What is Body, Mind, Spirit and Voice
100
Stretching, breathing, puppets
What is BODY warmups?
100
Note that is four beats long
What is a whole note?
100
A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut. McDonald's, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut.
100
Mrs. Wichman teaches music at PRM and at ______ School.
What is Kiel School?
200
Standing up straight, shoulders up back down, feet apart, eyes watching director.
What is good choral posture
200
Fruit Salad, Yes/No, Rhythm canons, Answering in 3 words or less, etc.
What is "MIND" warmups?
200
Note that is two beats long?
What is a half note?
200
Mommy made me
mash my M & M's, I cried.
200
The candy you'll usually find in Mrs. Wichman's tote bag.
What are Starbursts?
300
When one groups starts first, then another comes in after. (singing and/or body percussion)
What is a canon?
300
Singing Happy Birthday, encouraging each other, riddles, etc.
What is Spirit Warmups?
300
One beat of silence
What is a quarter rest?
300
Gum
Bubble Gum, Double Bubble Gum, Triple Double Bubble Gum, Quadruple, Triple Double Bubble Gum
300
Mrs. Wichman's favorite baseball and football teams.
What are the Yankees and the Jets?
400
Singing unaccompanied (just voices).
What is a capella?
400
Gum Bubble Gum, Alphabet, Pizza Hut, Woo over the fan
What is Vocal warmups?
400
Symbol that means to get louder?
What is a crescendo?
400
I throw my hands up in the air sometimes,
Singing A-O, gotta let go
400
Which one of these statements is false? Outside of school, Mrs. Wichman: 1) Presents workshops to music teachers 2) Plays piano professionally 3) Coaches a girls' rec basketball team 4) RIngs in a handbell ensemble
What is "coaches a girls' rec basketball team?
500
Using hand signs and Italian pitch names to sight-read.
What is solfege?
500
Solfege that you're not supposed to sing, otherwise Mrs. Wichman gets a point.
What is Poison Pattern?
500
Five lines and four spaces where notes are written.
What is the music staff?
500
Do Re .......
Mi Fa So La Ti Do
500
Which one of these is NOT one of Mrs. Wichman's favorite things? 1) Dunkin' Donuts iced tea 2) Chocolate 3) Pizza 4) Modern Family 5) The Walking Dead
What is "The Walking Dead"?
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