Music chapter 6
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
