Voice Parts
Voices in School
Vocabulary
Hodge Podge
Blues
100
Lowest male voice
What is bass
100
Texture when everyone is singing the same pitch
What is Monophonic?
100
Singing without instrumental accompaniment
What is a capella?
100

"Lightness" or "Heaviness" of voice quality.

What is Vocal Weight?

200
lowest female voice
What is contralto?
200
An ensemble of singers
What is a choir or chorus?
200

Lowest register a person can hit

What is Vocal Fry?

200

Your Happy Vocal Place, pleasant in sound

What is Tessitura?

300
Highest Soprano voice
What is coloratura soprano?
300
The 2 male voice parts usually used in a school chorus
What is tenor and bass or baritone
300

Normal voice and speech or singing

What is Modal Voice?

300
The highest male voices with a falsetto range and quality and a register in the female alto range
What is countertenor?
400
One of the 3 female opera artists studied in class
Who are Beverly Sills, Denyce Graves, or Marian Anderson
400
The 2 female voice parts in a school chorus
What is alto and soprano?
400
Intermediate male voice
What is baritone?
500

4 groups of male voices categorized highest to lowest

What is countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass?

500
The distance between the lowest and highest pitches of the voice
What is Range?
500
Intermediate female voice that sings in the lower part of the soprano range
What is mezzo soprano
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