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43 Cards in this Set
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Energy
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Energy is your zest for working, playing, loving—living. It is the biological power or force within you—your physical capacity for living and your mental attitude toward your capacity for living. (Kuntzleman, 1981, p. ix).
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Energy in practical terms
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In practical terms, you have “energy” if you can get through your working day with enough resources to meet unexpected demands, and still enjoy life.
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Building blocks of energy
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1. fitness and exercise
2. diet and nutrition 3. rest and relaxation |
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aerobic exercise
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“with oxygen,” is any activity that causes the participant to maintain a pulse rate in excess of 100 beats per minute for 20 minutes or more
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minimum weekly exercise requirement
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to achieve optimum aerobic effect is 20 to 30 minutes of exercise at least three times per week
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Rule for exercise as well as singing
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Always listen to your body
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Do’s of Vocal Health
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1. Consume a variety of nutritious foods, beverages, and vitamins.
2. Attain and maintain physical fitness with regular aerobic and muscle-toning workouts 3. Obtain sufficient rest, sleep, and recreation 4. Maintain a humid living environment (40-50 percent humidity). 5. Maintain body hydration by drinking 7 to 9 glasses of liquids daily. 6. Use efficient vocal technique in speech and singing. 7. Use the voice judiciously. 8. Wash hands frequently. |
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Don’ts of Vocal Health
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1. Inhale or ingest harmful substances such as alcohol, recreational drugs, tobacco, polluted air, and too much caffeine.
2. Pursue an overly stressful lifestyle. 3. Make physical contact with persons who have contagious diseases. 4. Work or live in noisy, polluted environments. 5. Speak too much or too loudly, especially in noisy environments. 6. Scream or clear the throat too much. 7. Use over-the-counter preparations for colds and allergies, especially antihistamines. |
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Rest, and Relaxation
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1. Create mission statement.
2. Consult people good in what you want to know about 3. Take time for you 4. Relaxation techniques |
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Dehydration
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1. Coffee (caffeine) dehydrates
2. Drink 7 to 9 glasses of liquids daily |
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What to do when you have pain when singing
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Re-evaluate
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Treble clef lines
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EGBDF
Every Good Boy Does Fine |
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Treble clef spaces
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FACE
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Bass clef lines
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GBDFA
Good Boys Do Fine Always |
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Bass clef spaces
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ACEG
All Cows Eat Grass |
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Whole note rest
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rectangle under line
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Half note rest
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rectangle over line
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Same notes connected by a bow line
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tie
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Different notes connected by a bow line
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slur
legato-smoothly or connected |
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legato
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smoothly or connected
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staccato
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dots underneath or above
short or detached |
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meter
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1. Used to indicate regular rhythmic pulses (beats) in each measure
2. Placed beginning of song or any measure where the meter changes |
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meter top number
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Tells how many kind of notes there are 3/4 says there are three quarter notes
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bottom number of meter
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Bottom tells what kind of note. 3/4 says they are quarter notes.
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tempo
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speed
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largo
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slow
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moderato
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moderate
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allegro
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fast
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presto
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very fast
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Pitch
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refers to the location of a musical sound in the tonal scale
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Key signatures
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used to notate the tonal scale or the arrangement of pitches upon which music is constructed
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flat
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goes down a half step
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sharp
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goes up a half step
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Key of F
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F is the tonic
has a b-flat |
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accidental
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A note that is marked with a flat or sharp that is not part of the scale.
Only holds for the measure unless marked again in next measure. |
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Component study
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1. Text
2. Rhythm, meter, and tempo 3. Melody 4. Form 5. Voice 6. Harmony 7. Dynamics and musical articulation |
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Song form, most common ones
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1. Strophic
2. Two part (binary or AB) 3. Three part (ternary or ABA) 4. Through-composed |
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Song form - strophic
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All stanzas of a text are set to the same music, as found in folk songs and hymns.
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Song form – two part (binary or AB)
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Two principal contrasting sections that are mutually dependent, form a complete musical idea, and may be repeated.
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Song form - three part (ternary or ABA)
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Three principal sections, the first (A) and third (A prime) essentially the same musical idea but often modified. The da capo aria may also be considered a three-part form.
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Song form - through-composed
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New music is used for each stanza throughout the composition.
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Dynamics
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volume
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Phrasing
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where we breathe, where we don't
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