December Concert
About Choir
Musical Symbols
Famous Choirs and Vocal Ensembles
Tempo
100
The first song we sang in the concert
What is March of the Kings
100
These are the four voice types in a typical choir.
What is, "Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass?"
100
This is two lines and two dots (like a colon sign).
What is a Repeat symbol?
100
This is a famous Utah choir with it's correct name.
What is "The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square?"
100
This means "regular walking tempo."
What is, "Andante?"
200
The basses start this song and it is a cappella.
What is Ding-a Ding-a Ding?
200
This is singing "under the correct or true pitch."
What is "Singing Flat?"
200
This tells the choir to hold the note until the director says to do something different.
What is a fermata?
200
This is a very famous choir in Austria.
What is, "The Vienna Boys Choir?"
200
This is the speed of "Adagio."
What is slow?
300
What was the very last combined song of the concert?
What is We Wish You A Merry Christmas?
300
We try to do this with all singers in order to make one unified sound.
What is "Balance and Blend?"
300
This is the notation to "slow down."
What is "RIT?"
300
This is an ensemble started in England with six male singers that sing all of the parts (S, A, T and B)
What are, "The King's Singers?"
300
This is the speed of Grave.
What is slow?
400
This is the number of times the tenors sing "Ding-a ding" in each phrase.
What is three?
400
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti
What is Solfege?
400
This is the symbol to crescendo.
What is < ?
400
A Grammy Award-winning, all-male vocal ensemble from San Francisco, known as the "orchestra of voices" for its virtuosity and wide repertoire spanning Renaissance to contemporary music, jazz, and gospel.
What is Chanticleer?
400
This device, invented in the early 19th century, measures tempo in BPM, or beats per minute.
What is a metronome?
500
This is a group of advisers, assistants, or others accompanying an important person or people (in the song March of the Kings).
What is a retinue?
500
This is an amazing health fact about singing in a choir.
What is, "Singing together synchronizes the heart rates of the people singing."
500
This symbol says to speed up your singing.
What is, "accel" or "accelerando?"
500
A world-renowned English Anglican choir, founded in 1441, famous for its boys (choristers), male choral scholars, and its daily services.
What is the King's College Choir?
500
From the Italian for "stolen," this term describes a flexible tempo where the performer slightly speeds up or slows down for expressive effect.
What is Rubato?