PRESENTATION OUTLINE
A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.
Pitch – register (high or low); Organization of pitches with a pattern of intervals between them creates scales; Words we might use to describe scales: major/minor, chromatic, gapped, pentatonic.
Timbre – sound quality or tone color; timbre is the characteristic that allows us to distinguish between one instrument and another, and the difference between vowel sounds (for example, long "a" or "ee"). Terms we might use to describe timbre: bright, dark, brassy, reedy, harsh, noisy, thin, buzzy, pure, raspy, shrill, mellow, strained. I prefer to avoid describing timbre in emotional terms (excited, angry, happy, sad, etc.); that is not the sound quality, it is its effect or interpretation. Rather than describe the timbre of an instrument in other terms, it is often more clear just to describe the timbre by naming the instrument, once we have learned the names and sounds of a few instruments.
Alto-
Alto is Italian for "high."
There are two main types:
contra tenor - refers to the natural or falsetto male voice
contralto - refers to the lower-register female voice also known as the alto female voice
Guitar-
Is a string instrument
It is played by plucking or strumming the strings
Harmony-
Verticalization of pitch
Dissonance, harsh-sounding harmonic combination
Consonance, smooth-sounding harmonic combination
Harmony-
Verticalization of pitch
Dissonance, harsh-sounding harmonic combination
Consonance, smooth-sounding harmonic combination
Zoltan Kodaly- the inventor of the Kodaly Method, a hungarian composer Born in Kecskemét who was very interested in the different problems in the many types of music education, he wrote a large amount of material on teaching methods as well as composing plenty of music intended for children's use.Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child. He was born on December 16, 1882 and had died on March 6,1967.
Kodaly Method-
The Kodály Method, also referred to as the Kodály Concept, is an approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century by Zoltán Kodály. His philosophies regarding education served as inspiration for the method, which was then developed over a number of years by his associates.
Flat- lowering the tone/ pitch by a half step.
