YOUR VOICE AS an INSTRUMENT Take This Short Quiz to Test Your Knowledge on Singing

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STUDENT QUIZ

THE SINGING SERIES, PT. 1: YOUR VOICE AS AN INSTRUMENT Take this short quiz to test your knowledge on singing.

1. What is an a cappella group?

2. What is the power source behind your vocal instrument?

3. What must happen to the air from your lungs in order to produce sound?

4. What happens to your vocal folds when you sing a high pitch?

5. What tools do we have to create different sounds with our voices once the air has al- ready passed through the vocal folds?.

6. What type of instrument utilizes a mouthpiece with the same shape as the human throat?

7. What makes your voice such a unique instrument?

8. What part of the body does the pharynx refer to?

9. What happens to our vocal folds when we are at rest?

10. What part of a trumpet (or other brass instrument) does the human mouth act similarly to?

STUDENT QUIZ

QUEENS OF SOUL Take this short quiz to test your knowledge on these very soulful artists.

1. Which three music genres was soul music derived from?

2. What does “call and response” refer to in music?

3. What were some of Aretha Franklin’s accomplishments?

4. What are two of Aretha’s greatest songs?

5. What band did Chaka Khan originally belong to?

6. Which one of Chaka’s hits was the first to feature a rap verse?

7. Who were the original members of The Supremes?

8. What band made “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” famous?

9. Who is widely considered “The Empress of Soul?”

10. Name three other female soul singers.)

STUDENT QUIZ

ARIANA GRANDE Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge on Ariana Grande.

1. What was Grande’s first role in the entertainment business?

2. What year did she release her first single, “Put Your Hearts Up”?

3. Who appeared as feature artists on her first complete album,Yours Truly?

4. What award was she given at the 2014 People’s Choice Awards?

5. What unique talent does Grande share with stars Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston?

6. What standard part (ex. introduction, chorus, etc.) in songwriting does Grande leave out of her song, “No Tears Left to Cry”? .

7. What record did she break upon releasing her new album, Sweetener?

8. How many visual entertainment platforms has Grande appeared on in her career?

9. Name one song on Sweetener other than “No Tears Left to Cry”

10. *Application Question* Music is a powerful tool for communication; some of the themes in Ariana Grande’s album Sweetener are honesty, love, and self confidence. How can you use music in your life to communicate your own values?

YOUR VOICE AS AN INSTRUMENT STUDENT 1. A group of singers who make music using only their voices; without instrumental accompaniment. QUIZ 2. Your lungs. 3. It has to pass through closed vocal folds to create vibrations. 4. They stretch out and vibrate quickly. ANSWERS 5. Mouth, tongue, teeth, cheeks. 6. Brass instruments. October 7. Versatility, tone, texture, etc.There can be many acceptable answers to this. 8. The throat. 2018 9. They do not move.They remain open and relaxed. 10. The bell

QUEENS OF SOUL 1. R&B, Blues, and Gospel 2. A musical technique where one instrument (or voice) plays a phrase and another instrument answers by playing another phrase 3. She won 18 Grammy Awards, was the youngest recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor, and sold over 75 million records 4. “You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman),” “Think,” or “Respect” 5. Rufus 6. “I Feel ForYou” 7. Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Betty McGlown, Mary Wilson 8. Gladys Knight &The Pips 9. Gladys Knight 10. Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige,Tina Turner (and others)

ARIANA GRANDE 1. She first appeared on Broadway, in the musical13. 2. 2011. 3. Mac Miller and Big Sean, among others. 4. Favorite Breakout Artist. 5. The ability to hit “whistle tones.” 6. A bridge. 7. Most opening day streams by a female artist. 8. Three: Musical theater, television, live music 9. “breathin’” or “get well soon.” 10. Subjective