Voice types
The highest voice type
What is a soprano?
What people typically call the muscles that vibrate together in your throat to make sound.
What is vocal cords?
This term means "strong," and is used in music to indicate "play loudly".
What is forte?
This genre is full of guitars, bass, and drums, and typically played in common time; players frequently use distortion in their sounds, both instrumentally and vocally.
What is rock?
Vibrations coming through the air, and then resonate on your ear drum.
What is sounds?
The lowest voice type
What is a bass?
These twin body parts are key for ensuring that you can put air through your voice.
What are lungs?
This word is Italian for "time", and is used in music to indicate the speed of a piece.
What is tempo?
This genre varies based on the general population's tastes in music, but is currently frequently characterized by low bass, electronic sounds, and breathy vocals.
What is pop music?
A song that gets stuck in your head is called this.
What is an earworm?
The voice type that is lower than a soprano, was originally a male voice type, but has become a low female voice type.
What is an alto?
This body part is where you clarify language by changing the shape with the parts within it.
What is the mouth?
This curly symbol is typically found at the beginning of the staff, and indicates to higher-sounding instruments what pitches to play.
What is the treble clef or G clef?
This genre has roots in blues, rock, and folk music, but has evolved into its own thing; guitars, drums, violins, and even banjos or steel drums, along with an often nasal vocal sound characterize this genre.
What is country music?
This form of dance became popular in the Classical period (1750-1820 AD), and involves dancers spinning, leaping, and moving on the tips of their toes.
What is ballet?
The choral voice type often abbreviated as simply T.
What is a tenor?
A breathing part where the sounds mm and nn are made.
What is a nose?
This word has no typical vowels, and means the short or long sounds or silences in music.
What is rhythm?
This umbrella term is often used to describe any music before the 1900s, even though the specific term references only music in the late 1700s to early 1800s.
What is "classical" music?
Trumpets, trombones, tubas, and most saxophones are made of of this metal comprised of copper and zinc.
What is brass?
The voice type that is medium low, in between bass and tenor.
What is a baritone?
The scientific term for the voice box, which sometimes visibly protrudes out of the throat (commonly called the Adam's apple).
What is a larynx?
This typically large group of musicians consists primarily of string instruments, but often includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion.
What is the orchestra?
This genre is characterized by a complete lack of instruments, only voices, and can be utilized in other genres; well known groups that use it include Pentatonix, Straight No Chaser, and Peter Hollins.
What is a capella?
This material is what the string part of the bow of a violin, cello, or upright bass is made of.
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