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Name__________________________________

Music Appreciation Test

Vocal Music

Please match the following: A Capella, Audiation, Baritone, Bass, Bel Canto, Blue Notes, Blues,

Coloratura, Improvisation, Larynx (Voice Box), Mezzo Soprano, Range, Register, Tenor, Vocal Folds, Vocal

Nodules.

1. ________________________ - The distance between the lowest and highest pitches of the voice.

2. ________________________ - Pair of muscles that vibrate as air is passed through them to create

sound.

3. ________________________ - The capacity to think sound.

4. ________________________ - Structure that houses the vocal chords made of cartilage.

5. ________________________ - Spontaneous musical invention.

6. ________________________ - Selected pitches whose intonation is altered at the discretion of the

performer.

7. ________________________ - Singing without musical accompaniment.

8. ________________________ - The intermediate female voice.

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9. ________________________ - The high, middle, or low section of the vocal or instrumental range.

10. ________________________ - The intermediate male voice.

11. ________________________ - A style characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases, beauty of vocal

color, and brilliant technique.

12. ________________________ - The highest female voice that is light and flexible enough to perform

scales and trills.

13. ________________________ - Fibrous growths on the vocal chords caused by excessive, repeated

abuse.

14. _________________________ - A lower male register with a rich, robust, resonant, and full quality.

15. _________________________ - The high male range, with a powerful, ringing quality.

16. _________________________ - A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration,

sadness, or longing.

Describe the difference between monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic music.

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Please fill in the following blanks.

Gasoline makes a car run. The fuel source for the voice, that makes the vocal chords vibrate, is

__________________.

Charlotte Church was an example of a ___________________ singer.

The human voice is a unique instrument, because it is the only instrument that can change its

____________________.

Bonus: What male vocal range has not been mentioned on this test so far?