Breathing/Alignment
What is your diaphragm?
Tissue that separates the chest cavity from the viscera (guts)
When you inhale, it goes down allowing for your lungs to fill with air
What is the term for sound waves produced by the vocal chords, that filter the sound into the human voice?
Resonators
Where does healthy vibrato come from?
What word is spelled in the SPACES of the Treble Clef?
F-A-C-E
How many beats are in a measure of 4/4 time?
4 beats
What is another name for inhalation during singing?
The "prep" breath
The Larynx
What is the term for the break in our voice between Chest voice and Head voice?
The passagio
What is the acronym for the LINES in the Bass Clef?
Great Big Dreams For America
Great Big Dogs Fight Animals
Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always
How many beats are in an eighth note?
1/2 a beat
Name at least two out of three things that need to happen during a "prep" breath.
1.) Abs release
2.) Ribs expand
3.) Tube must release constriction
Where are the vibrators located?
They are located at the top of the trachea in the larynx (voice box).
Name three of the seven things that should occur during a "prep" breath.
1.) clarity in voice
2.) freedom in the tube
3.) Fast flowing air
4.) Shape of space
5.) awareness of two passagi (breaks in our voice)
6.) round shape around vowel
7.) Not singing like its too high (over-blow)
What Solfege Syllable do our Sight-Reading examples ALWAYS start on?
Do
Give me three examples of Articulators.
1.) Lips
2.) Teeth
3.) Tongue
4.) Jaw
5.) Soft Palate
Which set of our abdominal muscles (upper or lower) is responsible for supporting our higher and lower registers?
Upper abs
What organ is responsible for the production of our Vowels?
The TONGUE
Our Thyroarytenoid muscles SHORTEN and THICKEN when we are singing in what Vocal Register?
Chest Voice
What is the correct "Takadimi" syllables for a DOTTED HALF NOTE in Simple Meter?
Too
What is the term for really fast-moving and forced vibrato?
Tremelo
What is the term for the parts of the body used in the breathing process?
Actuators
What happens to our Vocal Chords the higher and higher we sing?
The vocal chords will stretch, and the length will increase.
Our Cricothyroid muscles LENGTHEN and THIN when we are singing in what Vocal Register?
Head Voice
Ta-va-ki-di-du-mu
Name all three parts of the Lower Respiratory Tract.
1.) Trachea
2.) Primary Bronchi
3.) Lungs