Using Your Voice
Your head and neck should be ______ when singing.
Upright
In normal life, do we have to think about breathing?
No
Music is written on how many lines?
5
How many letters are in the musical alphabet?
7
Pitch means how ______ or ______ a note is.
High or low
Your shoulders should be relaxed or tense?
Relaxed
In singing, do we need to think about breathing?
YES!!!
What are the 5 lines called?
A staff (or stave)
What is the musical alphabet?
A B C D E F G
Duration means how ______ or ______ a note is.
Long or short
Your back should be straight but not ______.
Rigid
When you breathe in for singing, should it be loud or quiet?
Quiet
Do we read music left to right or right to left?
Left to right
After G, the musical alphabet goes back to what letter?
A
Dynamics means how ______ or ______ a note is.
Loud or soft
Your feet should be firmly on the ______.
Ground
If your breathing is noisy, what does that mean?
You have tension in your throat/neck and you need to relax!
Notes can be written on lines or in the ______.
spaces
The musical alphabet helps us understand what in music?
Pitch
Timbre means the ______ of a sound.
Tone color / type of sound
Name one thing (besides posture) that affects your singing.
Breathing, tension, tiredness, food/drink
Name one breathing exercise we have practiced!
Deep breaths / in-out on “s” or “sh”
A note at the bottom of the staff sounds ______ than a note at the top.
lower
Name two letters from the musical alphabet.
Any (A–G)
A singer is looking down at their music. What should they fix?
Hold music so they can see over it