Praxis 5113 Performance
What to pay attention to in order to achieve good choral blend - answer Vowel
modification, dynamics, and vibrato.
How do you produce a pure vowel sound? - answer The mouth cavity must be open
with a raised palette.
Negative results of not hearing yourself sing in a choral setting - answer Productive
collaboration is hindered, inaccurate intonation, and less likely to be actively listening
and self-adjusting.
Negative results of not hearing yourself play in an ensemble - answer Productive
collaboration is hindered, inaccurate tuning, rhythm, and phrasing, and less likely to
actively listen and self-adjust.
Key musical elements of a unified ensemble performance - answer Tuning, balance,
phrasing, articulation, and cut-offs.
Choral balance - answer An equal level of sound coming from all voices and ranges
Choral blend - answer Uniformity of vowel formation and tone among singers
2/4 Conducting pattern - answerDown-up
3/4 conducting pattern - answerDown-out-up
4/4 conducting pattern - answerDown-out-in-up
6/8 conducting pattern - answerDown-in-in-out-out-up
Advantages of studying recordings - answerHelps conductor become more familiar with
a piece.
Disadvantages of studying recordings - answerCould cause conductor to "parrot"
recordings instead of making their own interpretations. Conductors could imitate styles
that are not historically accurate.
Techniques used to learn a score - answerPlay all the vocal parts together on the piano,
play the accompaniment separately, read the text aloud poetically, analyze the score
structurally, harmonically, dynamically, and melodically, and mark the score extensively.
, Resources for score research - answerScholarly books, journals, and articles. Extra-
musical art forms such as literature, dance, visual art, and theater. Various recordings
and interviews from the composer.
Musical elements involved in interpretation - answerNote durations, stresses, tempo,
articulation, phrasing, dynamics, and the conductor's own understanding of the music's
beginnings, climaxes, and endings as well as the historical background of the piece.
Ostinato - answerA short, repeating accompaniment pattern throughout a musical work
that can consist of a simple rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic idea.
How are ostinatos used in terms of improvisation? - answerTool for creating new ideas
and melodies. Allows the melody line to focus on a free delivery.
What is an ostinato called when used in Baroque music? - answerBasso ostinato or
ground bass
What is an ostinato called when used in jazz music? - answerRiff or vamp
What areas besides the west use ostinatos? - answerAfrica and India
Arpeggio - answerA chord that is played note by note, successively instead of
simultaneously.
Another term for arpeggio - answerBroken chord
Using arpeggiation in accompaniment - answerThe musician plays individual chords as
arpeggios. Fills out the texture of the sound and adds forward motion to the music. Tend
to soften the delivery of the accompaniment and give the music a sense of lightness.
Blocked chords - answerPitches that are played simultaneously like a chord.
Using blocked chords in accompaniment - answerCan help simplify the sight-reading
process, and makes accompaniment simple if reading from a chord chart.
Most common clefs in Western music notation - answerG clef (treble clef), C clef (tenor
clef), and F clef (bass clef)
Durational rhythm - answerclosely tied with meter, and consist of the aspect of rhythm
associated with patterns of duration, emphases, and groupings.
Tonal rhythm - answerindependent of meter. rhythmic properties of the tonal system.
EX. sources of tonal rhythm include recurrence of a single tone, the octave relationship
chordal and linear associations, consonance, and dissonance.
Forzando - answerItalian for "forced." Strongly accent notes.
What to pay attention to in order to achieve good choral blend - answer Vowel
modification, dynamics, and vibrato.
How do you produce a pure vowel sound? - answer The mouth cavity must be open
with a raised palette.
Negative results of not hearing yourself sing in a choral setting - answer Productive
collaboration is hindered, inaccurate intonation, and less likely to be actively listening
and self-adjusting.
Negative results of not hearing yourself play in an ensemble - answer Productive
collaboration is hindered, inaccurate tuning, rhythm, and phrasing, and less likely to
actively listen and self-adjust.
Key musical elements of a unified ensemble performance - answer Tuning, balance,
phrasing, articulation, and cut-offs.
Choral balance - answer An equal level of sound coming from all voices and ranges
Choral blend - answer Uniformity of vowel formation and tone among singers
2/4 Conducting pattern - answerDown-up
3/4 conducting pattern - answerDown-out-up
4/4 conducting pattern - answerDown-out-in-up
6/8 conducting pattern - answerDown-in-in-out-out-up
Advantages of studying recordings - answerHelps conductor become more familiar with
a piece.
Disadvantages of studying recordings - answerCould cause conductor to "parrot"
recordings instead of making their own interpretations. Conductors could imitate styles
that are not historically accurate.
Techniques used to learn a score - answerPlay all the vocal parts together on the piano,
play the accompaniment separately, read the text aloud poetically, analyze the score
structurally, harmonically, dynamically, and melodically, and mark the score extensively.
, Resources for score research - answerScholarly books, journals, and articles. Extra-
musical art forms such as literature, dance, visual art, and theater. Various recordings
and interviews from the composer.
Musical elements involved in interpretation - answerNote durations, stresses, tempo,
articulation, phrasing, dynamics, and the conductor's own understanding of the music's
beginnings, climaxes, and endings as well as the historical background of the piece.
Ostinato - answerA short, repeating accompaniment pattern throughout a musical work
that can consist of a simple rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic idea.
How are ostinatos used in terms of improvisation? - answerTool for creating new ideas
and melodies. Allows the melody line to focus on a free delivery.
What is an ostinato called when used in Baroque music? - answerBasso ostinato or
ground bass
What is an ostinato called when used in jazz music? - answerRiff or vamp
What areas besides the west use ostinatos? - answerAfrica and India
Arpeggio - answerA chord that is played note by note, successively instead of
simultaneously.
Another term for arpeggio - answerBroken chord
Using arpeggiation in accompaniment - answerThe musician plays individual chords as
arpeggios. Fills out the texture of the sound and adds forward motion to the music. Tend
to soften the delivery of the accompaniment and give the music a sense of lightness.
Blocked chords - answerPitches that are played simultaneously like a chord.
Using blocked chords in accompaniment - answerCan help simplify the sight-reading
process, and makes accompaniment simple if reading from a chord chart.
Most common clefs in Western music notation - answerG clef (treble clef), C clef (tenor
clef), and F clef (bass clef)
Durational rhythm - answerclosely tied with meter, and consist of the aspect of rhythm
associated with patterns of duration, emphases, and groupings.
Tonal rhythm - answerindependent of meter. rhythmic properties of the tonal system.
EX. sources of tonal rhythm include recurrence of a single tone, the octave relationship
chordal and linear associations, consonance, and dissonance.
Forzando - answerItalian for "forced." Strongly accent notes.
