Posture and Diction
Breathing
Rhythms and Notes
Choir Vocabulary
Mrs. Caudill
100
Loose and slightly bent.

What are your knees?

100

An area that should not move when you are breathing.

What is your shoulders/chest?

100

An example of a note that gets one beat.

What is a quarter note/quarter rest/pair of eighth notes?

100

The piano player.

What is an accompanist?

100

Wainwright choir teacher.

Who is Mrs. Caudill?

200

A little bit apart with one a little in front of the other.

What are your feet?

200

How loud your breath should be.

What is quiet?

200

An example of a note that gets two beats.

What is a half note or half rest?

200

Another word for dancing.

What is choreography?

200

Mrs. Caudill's husband's first name.

Who is Josh?

300

Clearly pronouncing your words so the audience can understand you.

What is diction?

300

The umbrella shaped muscle under your rib cage that helps with breathing.

What is your diaphragm?

300

An example of a note that gets four beats.

What is a whole note or whole rest?

300

The term for background music.

What is accompaniment?

300

Mrs. Caudill's age.

What is 39?

400

Tall not wide.

What is your mouth shape or vowels?

400

The way in which you can help make a breath last longer if you are running out of air.

What is squeezing your rear/abs?

400

An example of a note that gets 1/2 of a beat.

What is an eighth note or an eighth rest?

400

The term for singing with just vocals and no background music.

What is a capella?

400

Where Mrs. Caudill went to college.

Where is Anderson University?

500

The letter that you only want a little bit of. Not too much of this letter at the end of words.

What is the letter s?

500

When you sneak a breath at a different time than your neighbor.

What is stagger breathing?

500

Tells you how many beats are in a measure and what note gets the beat.

What is a time signature?

500

A device that keeps a steady beat.

What is a metronome?

500

The number of years Mrs. Caudill has been teaching.

What is 17?

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