Lamda Grade 7 Musical Theatre

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Chest voice :

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The contemporary use of the term chest voice often refers to a specific kind of vocal coloration or vocal timbre. In classical singing, its use is limited entirely to the lower part of the modal register or normal voice.

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Head voice

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The head voice (women) and falsetto (men) are associated with light, bright singingtones that are higher in pitch and resonate within the upper sinus cavities. (Some singers consider warm, heady tones associated with the vocal mask as the head voice and never reach their range potential. )

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Vibrato

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a rapid, slight variation in pitch in singing or playing some musical instruments, producing a stronger or richer tone.

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Crescendo

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a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.

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diminuendo

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a decrease in loudness in a piece of music.

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,fortissimo

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All musical sounds have a dynamic level, which refers to amplitude or volume. In western music, the standard practice is to use Italian words to indicate dynamics. Fortissimo is a dynamic marking that indicates a VERY LOUD volume. It is one step up from forte, which means 'loud.'

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melisma

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a group of notes sung to one syllable of text.

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acapella

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A cappella [a kkapˈpɛlla] (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It contrasts with cantata, which is accompanied singing.

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recitative

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a style of singing without a fixed rhythm that imitates speech and is used sometimes in operas

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· Breathing techniques required to support thevoice in song

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PostureFirstly, then a word about posture. You can't start to sing properly or breathe properly withoutstarting with the correct posture. Posture has a major impact on how you breathe and how much airyou can take into your lungs. Every time before you sing and throughout the song make sure youhave the right posture:• One foot slightly in front of the other, feet comfortably apart for good balance• Weight forward on the balls of the feet, heels on the floor• Knees relaxed• buttocks tucked under• chested lifted high and spread wide• shoulders relaxed• neck relaxed• head level

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· More techniques

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The lungs are where the fuel is stored but the lungs are organs not muscles. The lungs are attachedto the rib cage and to the diaphragm. If you expand the rib cage and lower the diaphragm then thelungs are automatically expanded and the air rushes into them without the need for any extra help onthe singers part. In order to avoid making ourselves look too fat (!) we sometimes develop bad habitsof shallow breathing from the chest. Your chest should already be 'high and wide' when you take inthe breath and so you should really feel the breath expanding the ribs and diaphragmIf you're a man and you would like the technical terms the muscles used to keep the rib cage 'highand wide' are the intercostal muscles and those in the diaphragm are the epigastrial. The skills wewant to develop are intercostal and epigastrial breathing.Breathing for singing is different to breathing for talking. When we talk we take a breath then talk untilthe air runs out allowing the ribs to collapse as it does so. We then take another breath. When wesing we need a continuous cushion of air to support the voice throughout the phrase so we need tokeep the lungs stretched and full of air throughout the phrase. Accordingly you need to developmuscles which you don't use when talking to keep the ribs expanded and the diaphragm lowered (andthe lungs stretched) for as long as possible.

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The character’s objective in each song

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Purpose: Princeton finds a lucky penny and longs to discover his purpose in life.

Any dream will do : Joseph's brothers are jealous of him for his coat of many colours, a symbol of their father's preference for him Eleventh son of Jacob. Obviously his father’s favourite, Joseph early on shows a talent for interpreting dreams and telling the future. This gets him into trouble with his brothers when he predicts his future will include ruling over the other eleven. However, it saves his life when in Egypt he correctly interprets Pharaoh’s dreams. In the end he has risen to a great position of power, but he still forgives his brothers and brings his family to Egypt to partake of the bounty he has accumulated there.

Me and my girl:n the 1930s, the Harefords, a family of haughty aristocrats, are seeking the legitimate heir to the title of Earl of Hareford. Bill Snibson, a Cockney from Lambeth is found and named as the long-lost “Earl of Hareford”. It seems that the 13th Earl had secretly and briefly wed a girl from a bad neighborhood. But Bill's rough Cockney ways do not satisfy the Will of the last Earl: In order to gain his inheritance of the title and estate, Bill must satisfy the very proper executors (Maria, Duchess of Dene, and Sir John Tremayne) by learning gentlemanly manners. The Duchess thinks that she can make Bill “fit and proper” but not his Cockney girlfriend, Sally Smith. The Duchess plans a party in Bill's honour, but Sally is not to be invited. Sir John tells Sally that she and Bill ought to return to Lambeth, but he is moved by Sally's heartfelt declaration of love for Bill.