Music chapter 6

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Bass

A lower male register with a rich, robust, resonant, and full quality. Singer example: Samuel Ramey

Human voice

Can be used as an instrument. Voice is the main way to express yourself

Luciano Pavarotti

Example of a tenor

Coloratura soprano, soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto

Female singing voices in highest to lowest order

Audition

Hearing music in your mind's ear is called

Timbre

Heavy, hoarse, and husky are words that might describe a person's

Register

High, low, or medium describe a person's

Test info

I have no idea what's gonna be on the listening section

The Manhattan transfer

Incorporate the doo-wop style of a Capella singing in their music

Buddy Guy

Influenced many artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton

Falsetto

Isn't your full voice; not spoken from the diaphragm, a very high range

W.C. Handy

Known as the father of the blues. One of the very first people to popularize this jazz form named blues. It took a lot of work to get people to like it but he eventually did. He composed lots of blues works. He's mentioned in the song "walking in Memphis"

Bel canto

Literally means beautiful singing, a style characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases, beauty of vocal color, and brilliant technique

Countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass

Male singing voices in highest to lowest order

Bel canto

Operatic singing style is also known as

Bobby McFerrin

Sang the song don't worry be happy in an unusual timbre. He's a very unusually talented vocal artist

Blue notes

Selected pitches, usually on the third and seventh degrees of scale, whose intonation is altered at the discretion of the performer. Notes are slided to, or bent

Monophonic

Singing a melody without accompanying harmony

Polyphonic

Singing a song as a round creates a texture known as

High female register

Soprano refers to a

Coloratura

The soprano voice that is light and flexible enough to perform rapid scales and trills. Example singer: Beverly Sills

A Capella

A barbershop quartet is an example of

Blues

A genre of African American music that often expressed frustration, sadness, loss, heartbreak, or longing. Has a straightforward vocal quality with lots of dips and slides. Lyrics can be very dark and painful, but also includes honesty and lots of personal expression. 1st line usually states something, second usually repeats it, and third usually brings the problem to a resolution. Usually comes in a 3 line form. Includes a lot of improvisation. Unique style of blues writing is the 12 bar blues pattern

Contralto

A low female register with a full, rich, dark, and powerful quality. Singer example: Marian Anderson

Polyphonic

A texture that is created when a song is sang as a round. This texture is characterized by independent melodies that stand alone

Charlotte Church

A welsh crossover singer. (From Wales). The youngest solo artist to have a record in the top 30. She was only 12 when she released her first album in 1998. She has won the admiration from audiences all around the world. She started with operas and went to pop

Homophonic

Accompanying harmony supports the main melody

Crossover artist

An artist that starts their career with one type or genre of music and as they progress through their career, they switch to a different type or genre

Registers

Are vocal ranges

Marian Anderson

Born in 1902-1993. Was a contralto. Grew up in Philadelphia. Developed her voice in church choir. She toured Europe in the late 1920's to study and tour. In 1939 she was supposed to sing in constitution hall but wasn't allowed to because of her color. Instead Eleanor Roosevelt (at the time the First Lady) got her to sing in front of the Lincoln memorial and over 75,000 people showed up to hear her sing "My Country 'Tis Of Thee, Sweet Land Of Liberty, Of Thee I Sing". In this time she was choked with emotion. She later said "I had no bitterness them. I have no bitterness now."

A Capella

Singing without instrumental accompaniment. This phrase is Latin for "as in the chapel". The term acts as a reference to the days of the early Christian church, when singing was always unaccompanied

Sub-dominant

The 4 chord

Dominant

The 5 chord, or the soul

Audiation

The capacity to think sound, kinda like the ability to hear things in your mind

Range

The distance between the lowest and highest pitches of a voice

Soprano

The high female register. (No example)

Tenor

The high male range with a powerful ringing quality. Singer example: Luciano Pavarotti

Tenor

The high range of Luciano Pavarotti is classified as a

Countertenor

The highest male voices with a falsetto range and quality and a register in the female alto range. Singer example: David Daniels

Mezzo-soprano

The intermediate female voice that sings in the lower part of the soprano range. Sometimes called second soprano. Mezzo means middle. Example singer: Denyce Graves

Baritone

The intermediate male voice. Singer example: Sherrill Milnes

Tonic

The number 1 chord

Doo-wop

The particular style of the nylons

Andrea Bocelli

Was born in 1958 in Tuscany Italy. Started singing at an early age. Had a tragedy happen to him at twelve. He got hit in the head in a soccer ball and went completely blind. He wanted to go to law school but started to focus more on his singing. When he got to sing with Luciano Pavarotti doors started to open up for him. He's performed with Celine dion and in front of many prestigious people. (At the White House, at the Vatican). (The videos we watched in class about this guy was him performing the Lord's Prayer with a full choir & the prayer which was performed with Celine deon)

Culture

What can majorly effect music from all around the world

Timbre

What is important to singer because it makes them stand out

Flattened third and seventh steps on the scale

What makes a blues melody distinctive?

Based on four chords

Which of the following is not usually a characteristic of blues?

High, medium, & low

Words that characterize registers

Examples of timbre

bright, dark, harsh, heavy, hoarse, husky, light, mellow, melodious, nasal, rich, rough, shrill, smooth, strained, sweet, tense, & warm


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