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S3 Unit 1
Music A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Coloratura | the soprano voice that is light and flexible enough to perform rapid scales and trills |
| Soprano | the high female register |
| Mezzo Soprano | the intermediate female voice that sings in the lower part of the soprano range |
| Contralto | a low female register with a full, rich, dark, and powerful quality |
| Countertenor | the highest male voices with a falsetto range and quality and a register in the female alto range |
| Tenor | the high male range with a powerful, ringing quality |
| Baritone | the intermediate male voice |
| Bass | a lower male register with a rich, robust, resonant, and full quality |
| Blues | a genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing |
| Blue Notes | selected pitches, usually on the third and seventh degrees of the scale, whose intonation is altered at the discretion of the performer |
| Register | vocal ranges |
| Range | the distance between the lowest and highest pitches of the voice |
| Bel Canto | a style characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases, beauty of vocal color, and brilliant technique |
| A Capella | singing without instrumental accompaniment . The phrase is Latin for "as in the chapel." |
| Audiation | the capacity to think sound —to hear music in your "mind's ear." |
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