Vocal Textures
Elements of Song
Vocal Genres
Song Forms
Misc
100
music in musical parts moving in the same rhythm
What is Homophony?
100
The pattern that immerges from the duration of musical pitches and/ or rests
What is Rhythm?
100
• General: – Exists in all cultures (Western and Non-Western) – Passed down through aural tradition • Musical Elements: – Unknown composer/lyricist – Improvisational – Limited vocal range – Minimal accompaniment (guitar or similar strummed or plucked instrument, percussion, etc.) • Function: – Life celebrations/worship/mark seasonal change or important cultural events.
What is Folk Song?
100
• AB A would be text, melodic material B would be different text, different melodic material
What is Binary?
100
a tone that activltly resonates in the nasal cavity
What is nasality
200
multiple musical lines with melodic and rhythmic independence
What is Polyphony?
200
The relationship of pitches on the horizontal pitches
What is Melody?
200
• “A large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a religious theme, performed without the use of costumes, scenery, or action. “ • General/Brief History – Dramatic Musical Form (Libretto) – Sacred and Secular Subjects – Concert Repertoire (unstaged) – Originally performed in churches • Musical Elements – Orchestra, Soloists, Chorus – Recitative: Recitative: Form of declamatory speech‐like singing used especially in opera or oratorio and free in rhythm. Used to advance the plot. • Recitativo secco • Recitativo accompagnato – Aria: “Solo vocal piece in which the action is static or reflective” • Function – Didactic
What is Oratorio
200
ABA Return of text from A
What is Ternary?
200
440 Hz, 4-7 Vibrations per sec
What is Vibrato
300
single unaccompanied vocal melody
What is Monophony?
300
the relationship of pitches on the vertical plane, between two or more simultaneously sounding pitches
What is Harmony?
300
A play with songs and dancers "light opera" spoken dialouge replaces recitative, comical,memorable
What is operetta?
300
Many verses that play, then repeats the melodic material with new texts Melodic material is slightly changed when repeated makes it modified strophic form
What is Strophic Form?
300
Narrowing of the vocal tract to produce a brassy, edgy timbre, overt nasality
What is twang
400
Any part of the catholic service where the text changes based on church season.
What is Mass Proper?
400
form of declamatory speech like singing, free in rhythm
What is Recitative
400
A play whose actions and dialougue is interspersed with singing and dancing
What is Musical Theater
400
• Text with melodic material • Chorus • Then same melodic material, different text • Etc. • One variation inserts bridge, then sings chorus till the end
What is Verse/Chorus Form?
400
Cowboys
What is Jennas Favorite football Team
500
Any part of the religious service where the text remains the same at every enactment. (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Angus Dei)
What is Mass Ordinary?
500
solo vocal piece where the action is static or reflective
What is Aria
500
What did the invention of the microphone change to singers?
They now feel the need not to try as hard
500
• Straight through • No chorus • No repetition of melodic material
What is Through composed?
500
When is Mellinas Bday
When is this sunday?
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