Posture
How you sit or stand when singing
What is posture?
The distance between the lowest and highest notes you can sing.
What is range?
A coordinated group of singers.
What is a choir?
A group of five lines upon which music is written.
What is a staff? Or what is a stave?
A vertical line between two measures.
What is a barline?
Head upright, relaxed shoulders, back straight, knees relaxed, balance even on both feet, and feet slightly apart and firmly on the ground.
How do you stand when you sing?
How low or high notes are.
What is pitch?
Someone who directs your choir in rehearsals and performances.
What is a conductor?
The oval part of a note that sits on the line or in the space.
What is a notehead?
How music is writtten down.
What is notation?
Head upright, shoulders relaxed, back straight but not rigid, feet firmly on the ground and if your feet don’t reach the ground just sit straight and relaxed.
How do you sit when you sing?
The voice box in the neck which produces vocal sounds.
What is the larynx?
The most important part action you do when singing with a conductor.
What is watching the conductor? Or What is watch?
The stick joined to the notehead.
What is a stem?
The units music is divided into.
What are beats?
The music blocks your mouth and covers up the sound.
What happens when you hold your music too high?
The vibration of your voice in other parts of your body.
What is resonance?
How long notes last.
What is duration?
The curved part of a note that is joined to the end of the stem.
What is a tail?
A sign at the start of a staff which shows the range of notes used on that staff.
What is a clef?
You can see the conductor over the top without moving your head.
How do you properly hold your music?
How a voice (or instrument) sounds.
What is tone?
Someone who trains and develops a choir.
What is a choir director?
When two tails are joined together by a longer line.
What is a beam?
A group of beats.
What is a measure?