Voices
Name 3 things you can do to AVOID hurting your voice.
Tobacco, talking loudly consistently, talking on the phone, being in loud places, eating late at night, dehydration, screaming/yelling, whispering.
This is the difference between a composer and an arranger.
A composer wrote the music first. An arranger takes what a composer wrote and changes it to what they want.
The 5 lines that notes are written on that we see in music. Name what is it called and which number on the board it is.
What is a staff? Number 5.
This is the name of "do re mi fa sol la ti do".
What is solfege?
The name of the three parts of a note and say what they are on number 8.
What is a note head (c), stem (b), and flag (a)?
In choir, this is the "instrument" we use to make singing happen. (Hint: two words)
What is vocal folds?
This is the musical term for "medium". An example of it in music is "mf".
What is mezzo?
This is the name of number 1 and 4 on the board.
What is treble and bass clef?
This symbol may appear anywhere in a piece of music. It has two dots and two lines - 1 thin line and 1 thick line.
A repeat sign!
This is the order of the four main voice parts from highest to lowest.
What is soprano, alto, tenor, bass?
Name one of the songs another grade performed this last concert and which grade performed it. (It cannot be from Select Choir.)
6th - March Patipan, White Christmas, Feliz Navidad
7th - Twas the Night After Christmas, One Candle, Jingle Bells
8th - Calypso Lullaby, The Christmas Song, Noel Noel (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
This is the definition of rhythm.
What is music's pattern in time?
This is the name and number of counts for all of the notes in number 6 on the board.
(order from top to bottom)
whole note - 4 counts
half note - 2 counts
quarter note - 1 count
eighth note - 1/2 count
These are the four things we look most for in posture besides looking at the director.
1. Feet apart with one in front of the other. 2. Shoulders down and back. 3. Back straight. 4. Hands at your sides.
This is the name of number 7 on the board and how many counts it gets.
Sing through a section from a song we performed in our FIRST concert this year. (It cannot be The Star Spangled Banner and it cannot be a song Select Choir performed.)
6th Grade - In the Sorcerer's Hall, America My Home
7th Grade - Cantate Domino, Things That Go Bump
8th Grade - Harvest Moon, Elijah Rock!
What kind of note gets one beat in 6/8 time?
Eighth note!
What do the two numbers (one of top of each other) tell us and what are they called?
What is a time signature? Top number - how many counts per measure. Bottom number - what kind of note gets the beat.
This is the difference between melody and harmony. Listen to Mrs. J play two examples on the piano and say which one is the melody and which is the harmony.
What is melody is the main tune of the song while a harmony is an additional tune that compliments the melody?
The last one of these on the staff is "fa" and this helps us find "do".
What is a flat?
Name one of the composers/arrangers from this last concert.
6th - Audrey Snyder, Ed Lojeski, Mac Huff
7th - Robert Sterling, Cristi Miller, Jan Rees
8th - Audrey snyder, Linda Spevacek-Avery, Jester Hairston
Select Choir - Victor Johnson, Kirk E. Young
This is when you play or hear a note and you're able to sing it after not singing it for a while.
What is pitch memory?
Write the counts for the example Mrs. J gives you.
Mrs. J will check this.
This means to gradually get quieter. Name the musical turn and say the correct picture for what it looks like in music on the board.
Decrescendo. Number 3.
This is the typical classroom routine when you first come to class.
1. Show up on time. 2. Grab your binder and pencil. Check if there's anything in the basket to pick up. 3. Put your backpack against the wall. 4. Take attendance and do warmups.