Test Questions

Question 1

Stranding

Answer 1

What the main focus of the rehearsal is on, the thing that you keep pointing towards.

Question 2

Score Study Process

Answer 2

to know the piece structurally, expressively and technically.

Question 3

Rehearsal plan

Answer 3

an outline if the decisions made during the analysis process. includes skill-development, and ensemble enhancement exercises that will be used to prepare the choir for a successful performance. Lists priorities and methods for teaching, over all meant to inform and guide the conductor through the rehearsal process. includes goals, strands, articulators of form and warm ups.

Question 4

In rehearsal guide

Answer 4

warm ups, choice of nonsense syllable, goals and activities, notes for gesture (match aural image)

Question 5

Proactive vs. Reactive teaching

Answer 5

eactive approach, problems
Be Proactive
Address vocal problems before they happen, systematically teach vocal technique and develop vocabulary and tools specific to each aspect of vocal technique you address.
were fixed for the moment but singers were not learning to develop a vocal technique that would serve them in a life of singing. The proactive approach to vocal development and choral blend described in this book will provide the beginning and advanced singers a vocal technique that will serve them throughout their singing lives by presenting concepts in a systematic manner.

Question 6

Rehearsal Methods

Answer 6

count singing, nonsense syllables, pulsing of rhythm.

Question 7

Chiaro

Answer 7

A forward or bright tone quality

Question 8

Oscuro

Answer 8

A backward or dark tone Quality.

Question 9

Chiaroscuro

Answer 9

A balanced tone quality containing elements of bright and dark tone qualities.

Question 10

Resonance

Answer 10

When sound waves bounce off of hard places and into open spaces.

Question 11

Resonance factors (5)

Answer 11

using placement to alter tone quality.
1) Chiaro
2) between chair and chiaroscuro
3) chiaroscuro
4) between chiaroscuro and oscuro
5) oscuro

Question 12

5 areas of posture

Answer 12

Shoulders: Back and down…Pelvis: slightly forward… Chest: Expanded rib cage… head: lifted and elongates spin. feet: shoulder width apart.

Question 13

Breathing Cycle

Answer 13

Inhalation, Onset, phrase duration, release

Question 14

Naso-pharynx

Answer 14

fixed cavity. Vibration felt nose and cheekbone

Question 15

oro-pharynx

Answer 15

Moveable cavity. lifted soft palate and dropped jaw.

Question 16

laryngo-pharynx

Answer 16

Moveable cavity. resonant space above larynx. sits on top of trachea. should remain slightly lowered.

Question 17

Location of 3 resonant spaces

Answer 17

top: naso-pharynx
middle: oro-pharynx
bottom laryngo-pharynx

Question 18

vowel unification

Answer 18

Ability to sing exactly the same vowel sound at the same time

Question 19

Diphthongs

Answer 19

Words that contain two vowel sounds in the same syllable

Question 20

Vowel Modification

Answer 20

Modification of the vowel shape in order to produce maximum resonance and keep equal timbre.

Question 21

Passaggio

Answer 21

The first register transition that leads to the lighter mechanism of the voice.

Question 22

x/y graph.

Answer 22

A graph used to plot coordinates indicating the extent of dark/bright and lyric/dramatic

Question 23

Aurel Image

Answer 23

what the conductor wants after analyzing the piece and determining the articulators etc.

Question 24

Gesture types

Answer 24

rhythmic, legato, meld