Catch your breath!
Resonators, Articulators, and Vocal Mechanism OH My!
How it Works!
Balance!
Music Basics (not on test)
100

The muscle that contracts downward when breathing in. 

What is the diaphragm?

100

Open spaces that sound vibrates in. 

What are resonators? 

100

Your ______ vibrate to create sound waves. 

What are Vocal Folds?

100

Your arm structure includes your _____ which should be _____. 

arms, by your side. 

100

Treble clef note names

EGBDF, FACE

200

The muscle that expands your ribs. 

What are the intercostal muscles? 

200

Resonators make the sound ________.

What is louder? 

200

When you sing, your vocal folds have to be _____ in order to make sound. 

What is closed? 

200
When standing, your feet should be ______ .

Shoulder width apart. 

200

Bass Clef note names

GBDFA, ACEG

300

When Breathing, you should feel ______ expansion. 

What is 360?
300

Articulators form _____ and _____.

What are words and consonants?

300

If you sound nasally, what should you do? 

What is Raise your soft palate? 

300

The six points of balance are: 

Ankles, knees, hips, lower lumbar, arm structure, a-o joint. 

300

What divides the measures?

Barline

400

When you breathe, your vocal folds are _______.

What is opened?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!

What are the larynx, pharynx, oral cavity, nasal cavity?

400

If you have a lower voice, your vocal folds are ______. If you have a higher voice, your vocal folds are ______.

What is Larger, Smaller? 

400

Where two bones connect. 

joints. 

400

Fa-mi and ti-do is a: 

Half-step

500

When you breathe in, your _______ pushes down on your _____ to make way for air to enter your _______.

diaphragm, stomach, lungs

500

Name the 5 articulators

What are the Teeth, Tongue, lips, hard palate, and jaw? 

500

If your vowels are spread the higher you go, you should ____ and ____. 

Round your lips and drop your jaw. 

500

What does time Signature tell you? 

Top number, how many beats, bottom number: Which note gets the beat.