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42 Cards in this Set
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Sounds or tone qualities; How you differentiate differentinstruments/sounds from one another |
Timbre |
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Vocal ranges |
Register |
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The distance between the lowest and highest pitches of the voice |
Range |
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Voice quality that is light and flexible enough to perform rapid scalesand trills |
Coloratura |
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The highest female register |
Soprano |
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The intermediate female voice that sings in the lower part of thesoprano range |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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The lowest female register with a full, rich, dark, and powerful quality |
Contralto |
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The highest male voices with a falsetto range, and quality and a registerlike a female |
Countertenor |
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The high male range with a powerful, ringing quality |
Tenor |
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The intermediate to low male voice |
Baritone |
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The lowest male register with a rich, robust, resonant, and full quality |
Bass |
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A texture that includes a melody without accompaniment or harmony |
Monophonic |
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A texture that includes independent melodies that stand alone – like around |
Polyphonic |
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A texture that includes accompanying harmony that supports the mainmelody |
Homophonic |
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The capacity to think sound in your head without being played out loudfirst |
Audiation |
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Singing without instrumental accompaniment |
A Capella |
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A style characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases, beauty of vocalcolor, and brilliant technique (opera) |
Bel Canto Style |
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A style of African American music that often expressed frustration,sadness, and longing |
Blues Style |
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Selected pitches whose intonation is altered at the discretion of theperformer |
Blues Notes |
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What are 3 reasons how we can identify a person,object, animal, singer, etc. without seeing anything/anyone? |
Timbre, range, register |
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When opera became more popular and complex, theSATB parts were created where and what time period? |
Europe, 17th century |
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Boys who went through an unfortunatesurgery to keep their high pitch, child voice are called... |
castrato singers |
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The music choirs’ sing is classified by the way layers of sound are combined. Theselayers are referred to as… |
Textures |
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Does audiation need to be practiced, or is it a skill someone is born with? |
Practiced! |
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“A Capella” is Latin for… |
"As in the chapel" |
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What reflects the sounds of a country’s languageto make each one unique and identifiable? |
Timbre |
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Is the timbre of a song random? Why or why not? |
No – it helps express the emotion andmeaning of the song |
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“Bel Canto” is Italian for… |
"Beautiful singing" |
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What style of music has roots that lie deep in the heritage of African American music? |
Blue style |
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The texts and style of Blues originated from what two things? |
Spirituals and African American work songs |
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What emotion does Blues lyrics contain? Do they emphasize self-pity or hopefulness? |
Sadness and frustration, yet hopeful |
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Who is the “Father of the Blues?” |
W.C. Handy |
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The predictable and repetitive blues chordpattern consisted of three chords within how many bars? |
12 |
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What style of music serves as the basis for pop, R&B, jazz, and many other genres? |
Blues |
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Rank the 7 voice parts from HIGHEST to LOWEST. 1-3 will be female voice parts and 4-7 will be male. |
1. Soprano 2. Mezzo-Soprano 3. Alto 4. Countertenor 5. Tenor 6. Baritone 7. Bass |
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Marian Anderson or Andrea Bocelli? Became blind at the age of 12 from being struck by a soccer ball |
Andrea Bocelli |
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Marian Anderson or Andrea Bocelli? Romanza album sold more than 1 million copies |
Andrea Bocelli |
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Marian Anderson or Andrea Bocelli? Contralto voice part |
Marian Anderson |
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Marian Anderson or Andrea Bocelli? Female American Operatic Singer |
Marian Anderson |
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Marian Anderson or Andrea Bocelli? Male Italian Operatic Singer |
Andrea Bocelli |
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Marian Anderson or Andrea Bocelli? Refused at Constitution Hall, so performed outside of Lincoln Memorial |
Marian Anderson |
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Blues verses consist of three lines. Which two lines are the same? Which line is different? |
First two are the same, third line is different |