Assessment terms
"The articulation and execution of the sounds associated with understanding the words"
Diction
These words need to be stretched (not accented) in one part in "Aya Ngena"
"Sa ba ma gua ya"
The amount of pitches in your first "ooh" in an assessment piece
The words to emphasize in your first phrase in Nine Hundred Miles
What is "tryin'" and "letter".
First time altos sing about a train, is it "this train" or "that train"?
"that"
"All singers within individual sections are singing melodically in tune"
hint: 4 words to describe this sub category
"Melodic intonation within sections"
The first word that everyone holds for 4 full beats in "Nine Hundred Miles"
"home"
You come in after the sopranos and altos sing this part by themselves in the song in Aya Ngena, both times.
Sing it please!
"Aya Sabama guaya"
Your dynamic marking when you sing for the first time by yourself in "Aya Ngena"
What is MF
These words need to be stretched in "Aya Ngena"
"Sa ba ma gua ya"
"The ensemble demonstrates steady vocal sound throughout a wide range of pitches and dynamics"
Consistent production
The piano plays its two grand measures and there is no singing. Does this occur after the loudest or second loudest part of "Nine Hundred Miles?"
what is the loudest
The baritone line has the melody in this phrase with 3 part harmony in "Nine Hundred Miles"
"Cause I'm Nine Hundred Miles from my home"
How many times you have a split in one of your assessment pieces
three times
Alto's sing it 6 times in a row.
"Miles and miles and miles"
"The reproduction of the pitches and rhythms as written or transposed (as noted by the director on the score)"
Pitch & Rhythm accuracy
It is the opposite of "rit". What is it called, and what is the phrase in 900 Miles that has it?
"Accelerando"- "miles and miles and miles and miles" section.
A phrase where you come in just half a beat before the sopranos and alto's in Nine Hundred Miles.
"That long lonesome train whistlin' down
The 5 solfege syllables of your the last soprano phrase in "Aya Ngena".
Hint: The alto's solfege there starts with "fa fa mi"
La la sol sol sol
The 4 solfege pitches of the alto's first "ooh" in 900 Miles.
Hint: the last one of the four notes is "re".
Fa Mi Fa Re
Achieving unified sound with regard to tuning and overtones
Hint: one word
Intonation
The exact translation of "Aya Ngena"
they go in, they come out, they are frightened
when you sing, "train runs me right, I'll be home Saturday night", which 2 words in that phrase have 2 pitches?
This is the part in the middle of the piece -after the part when sopranos sing "well this train I ride on"
"train" and "right"
The amount of beats that you hold "home" in the "miles and miles and miles" section
What is 10
Your starting note here is the ending note of the solo-- please sing the part.
"Aya Saba ma gua ya___"