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Operatic Voices
Voices in School
Singing A Capella
Blues
Hodge Podge
100
Lowest male voice
What is bass
100
Texture when everyone is singing the same pitch
What is Monophonic?
100
Singing without instrumental accompaniment
What is a capella?
100
The year the US Congress designated as "TheYear of the Blues"
What is 2003?
100
are vocal ranges
What is register?
200
lowest female voice
What is contralto?
200
An ensemble of singers
What is a choir or chorus?
200
The capacity to think sound
What is audiation?
200
A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing
What is Blues?
200
a style characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases, beauty of vocal color, and brilliant technique
What is Bel canto?
300
Highest Soprano voice
What is coloratura soprano?
300
The 2 male voice parts usually used in a school chorus
What is tenor and bass or baritone
300
An a capella group we discussed in class
What is Manhatten Transter or Pentatonix?
300
Selected pitches, usually on the third and seventh degrees of the scale, whose intonation is altered at the discretion of the performer
What is blue notes
300
The highest male voices with a falsetto range and quality and a register in the female alto range
What is countertenor?
400
One of the 3 female opera artists studied in class
Who are Beverly Sills, Denyce Graves, or Marian Anderson
400
The 2 female voice parts in a school chorus
What is alto and soprano?
400
Where "Lion Sleeps Tonight" originated?
What is Africa?
400
This man is synonymous with the word "blues"
Who is W.C. Handy
400
Intermediate male voice
What is baritone?
500
One of the male opera artists studied in class
Who are David Daniels, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, and Samuel Ramey
500
The distance between the lowest and highest pitches of the voice
What is Range?
500
Singing with a chordal structure - with accompaniment
What is homophonic?
500
The 3 chords used in the blues progression
What is I, IV and V chords?
500
Intermediate female voice that sings in the lower part of the soprano range
What is mezzo soprano