Chapter 6 exam review
Key Terms (fill in the blank) 4 points each
Range refers to the tones in between and including the highest and lowest
pitches you can sing.
Acapella is singing a melody without accompaniment or harmony.
Blues is a term used to describe a genre of African American music that
often expresses frustration, sadness and longing.
Bel Canto is a style of singing characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases,
beauty of vocal color and brilliant technique.
Blue notes are the flatted third and seventh notes of the scale in any major
key.
Audiation is the capacity to think sound.
Coloratura is a term used to refer to a soprano voice that is light and
flexible enough to perform rapid scales and trills.
Register is another term for vocal ranges.
Classification (multiple choice) 3 points each
A contralto is a low female register with a full, rich and powerful quality.
A bass is a lower male register with a rich, robust, resonant and full quality.
A tenor is a high male range with a powerful ringing quality.
A countertenor is the male register in the female alto range.
A mezzo-soprano is an intermediate female voice that sings in the lower
part of the soprano range.
A baritone is an intermediate male voice.
A soprano is the highest soprano voice.
A countertenor is the highest male voice.
A soprano is a high female voice.
A countertenor is a high male voice with a falsetto range.
Main Ideas ( 3 points each)
A classical “crossover” singer is an opera singer who also sings popular
music.
A capella originated in the early days of the Christian church when singing
was always unaccompanied.
The predictable, repetitive 12-bar blues chord pattern provide the basis for
improvisation in the blues.
The three different musical textures in choral music are monophonic,
homophonic and polyphonic.
Critical Thinking (13 points each)
Compare the careers of Marian Anderson and Andrea Bocelli
Marian Anderson was an Amercian, born at the turn of the twentieth
century, who developed her voice by singing in church choirs, then went to
Europe to study and tour. When she returned to the United States, she was
refused access to at least one concert hall because she was African
American. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt helped her career by moving her
concert to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Andrea Bocelli is an Italian,
born in the mid-twentieth century who sang at an early age for relatives, but
he di not study voice until after he had received a law degree. His career
was helped by famous tenors Corelli and Pavarotti.
Discuss the factors that make one singer’s voice and performance
different from another’s. Provide examples.
Some factors that distinguish one voice from another are register, timbre,
culture and style. Register is characterized as high, medium or low. Timbre
is the unique vocal quality of the sound such as bright, dark, harsh, heavy,
husky, sweet, nasal, rich, shrill, strained, warm etc. Culture influences the
tonal quality. For example, what is considered a beautiful tone in one
culture may be less appealing in another. The choice of the music also
impacts the vocal performance by requiring a specific style. For example,
bel canto is the style of singing heard in operas.