Dynamics
This dynamic is marked at M. 29 of "Climbin..." when Sopranos sing the first verse.
What is Forte?
This part sings a solo picking up to M. 22 in "Climbin".
Who are TB?
This part begins Seal Lullaby with an Eb.
Who are the Altos?
The matching first and last time of "Climbin".
What is 2/4?
This part ends Seal on Do.
Who are TB?
These two dynamic shapes are paired together in M. 1 and 2 of "Seal...", although they have opposite definitions.
DOUBLE POINTS: These are the definitions of them.
What is crescendo and decrescendo?
DOUBLE POINTS: What is to gradually get louder and gradually get softer?
We hold the half note in M. 68 of Seal Lullaby for this many beats.
DOUBLE POINTS: This eye shaped symbol gives us those instructions.
What is until the cut off?
DOUBLE POINTS: What is a fermata?
These are the pitches the soprano and alto part sing exactly one octave apart in M. 5 of Seal.
What are Db, C, and Bb?
This is the only voice part to sing 16th notes in "Seal".
Who are Sopranos?
After the first key change in Climbin', Ab is this Solfege syllable.
What is Do?
This is the English translation of the final dynamic that is sung in "Seal".
What is Very soft?
After singing M.37 in Climbin up the Mountain, this marking tells us to go back to M. 4.
What is a repeat sign?
This is the pitch associated with the syllable Te, when the sharp is taken away in Climbin'.
What is F?
The last "ooh" of Seal is held for this many beats.
What is 12?
We sing solfege like this, so it is habit when adding words to a song.
What is use tall vowels?
This part sings the loudest at M. 33 of "Climbin...".
Who are the Sopranos?
This song is sang "Simply, with a little rubato".
What is Seal Lullaby?
These four measures of climbin contain no vocal pitch.
What are M. 38-41?
my baton will go up, down, left, and right when conducting. When sopranos join altos for the first time in climbin, my baton will be in this position.
DOUBLE POINTS: On this numbered beat.
What is down?
DOUBLE POINTS:
Throughout "Climbin", these type of notes are optional, and physically printed smaller in the music.
DOUBLE POINTS: The solfege for one of these measures is this.
What are Grace Notes?
DOUBLE POINTS: any measure with grace notes is correct - What is D D L L S L Me (soprano, M. 33)
The Piano plays louder than voices sing at M. 63 in the Whitacre piece, it plays at this dynamic.
What is Mezzo Forte?
We sing this pure vowel for the majority of one of our songs.
What is "ooh"?
This is the lowest note the PIANO plays at the very end of 'climbin'.
What is A?
Listen for this type of note on beat 1 in the RIGHT HAND of the PIANO before each time we sing "Climbin Higher".
What is an eighth note?