Take Note
The type of note that gets 1 beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
This clef, also known as the G clef, houses mainly high-pitched notes.
What is the treble clef?
A symbol that indicates complete silence in music.
What is a rest?
The instrument used by singers.
What is the voice?
Examples are do, re, mi, fa, so
What is solfege?
The type of note that gets 3 beats in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
This clef, also known as the F clef, houses mainly low-pitched notes.
What is the bass clef?
This kind of rest receives 1 beat of silence in 6/8 time.
What is an eighth rest?
To maintain a healthy level of hydration to the larynx and vocal folds, it is important to drink plenty of this molecular liquid throughout the day.
What is water?
Sung before sight-reading to set the key center.
What is the triad, or Do-Mi-So-Mi-Do(-So-Do)?
The type of note that gets 1 beat in 6/8 time.
What is an eighth note?
This symbol raises the pitch by a half step.
What is a sharp?
In a 9/8 time signature, this type of note gets the steady beat.
What is the eighth note?
In choral music, this vocal part can be found on the top staff, or the topmost note of the treble clef.
What is the soprano part?
Another word for saying or speaking (aloud) the rhythm or solfege syllables.
What is chanting?
The type of note that gets 2 beats in 6/8 time.
What is a Quarter note?
This term indicates a slowing in tempo, to communicate an emotional or intense section of music.
What is ritardando?
This kind of rest gets 1.5 beats of silence in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted quarter rest?
When singing, this part of the body must be sturdy but not locked, or else you may risk losing proper blood flow.
What are your legs/knees?
The solfege syllable that is considered the "home" or the tonic pitch in major key signatures.
What is "Do"?
The type of note that gets 6 beats in 6/8 time.
What is a dotted half note?
This symbol "deletes" a sharp or flat previously read in a measure.
What is a natural sign?
In a 6/4 time signature, there are this many beats in each measure.
What is six beats?
When singing the text of traditional choral songs, these are important to maintain the intended performed sound (pure, not spread).
What are tall/pure/proper vowels?
When sight-reading, it is important to use these to create a subconscious connection with position and pitch.
What are solfege hand signs?