TRAINING YOUR VOICE Take This Short Quiz to Test Your Knowledge on Singing

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STUDENT QUIZ THE SINGING SERIES, PT. 2: TRAINING YOUR VOICE Take this short quiz to test your knowledge on singing.

1. What does it mean to have an “imitative deficit?”

2. What aspects of your voice can be passed down between family members?

3. Of the three skills good singing requires: pitch accuracy, keeping time, and note memory, which do most people struggle with?

4. Can you train your brain to overcome imitative deficit?

5. Name one technique you can use to improve the quality and/or tone of your voice.

6. What is “vocal twang?”

7. What is vibrato?

8. What skill do our brains have that allows us to enjoy good music even if we aren’t good singers ourselves?

9. If you were not born with a good voice, can you develop one?

10. Since the size and length of our vocal folds are set for life, which aspects of your voice can be trained and developed?

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THEATER THEMES Take this short quiz to test your knowledge about musicals about music.

1. Name four performances mentioned in the article.

2. What is special about a musical about music?

3. What is a “jukebox musical?”

4. Whose music is featured in the musical, We Will Rock You?

5. What decade is the music in Rock of Ages from?

6. What is the title of the musical created about the life and times of Carole King?

7. What happens in the story of The Band’s Visit?

8. What is the title of the musical The New York Times called a “feel-good class act,” and premiered in 2018?

9. Name the two female artists who had musicals made in their name in 2018.

10. Is the trend of musicals about music likely to continue?

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MARSHMELLO Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge on Marshmello.

1. When did Marshmello release his first single on SoundCloud?

2. What was the title of that single?

3. What is Marshmello’s real name?

4. Which DJ first endorsed Marshmello by reposting his song on his personal SoundCloud account?

5. What type of music is Marshmello known for playing?

6. In what year did Marshmello partner with the label Monstercat to produce his song “Alone?”

7. Which DJ pretended to be Marshmello on stage, wearing his helmet and clothes?

8. What pop singer did Marshmello partner with on his first single of 2018: “Friends?”

9. What are the titles of Marshmello’s first and second albums?

10. Who stars in the music video for our song of the month: “Happier?”

THE SINGING SERIES, PT. 2 TRAINING YOUR VOICE STUDENT 1. If you have an imitative deficit, your brain has programmed your vocal folds to produce an incorrect note in response to a specific pitch QUIZ 2. The length, thickness, and size of the vocal folds 3. Pitch, also called intonation 4.Yes ANSWERS 5. Opening the jaw, thinking down, keeping the chin down, vibrato 6. The narrowing of “the twanger” in your throat to produce a brighter sound, a November technique used in a variety of genres 7. A singing technique that involves varying the pitch of a particular note quickly to produce a richer tone 2018 8. Perception. Our brains can process and understand information without being able to execute the same information within its own system 9. Yes 10. Tone, breathing, pitch, resonance, volume, etc.

THEATER THEMES 1. West Side Story, Les Misérable, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, A Chorus Line, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, We Will Rock You, Our House, Rock of Ages, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Tina: The Musical, The Cher Show, Getting the Band Back Together, The Band’s Visit/. 2. The plot line and/or music is based on the lives or experiences of musicians, or those involved in the music or show business. 3.A musical with an original storyline that is not about music but uses the songs of a famous artist as the soundtrack. 4.The rock band Queen. 5.The 1980s. 6. Beautiful. 7.A group of Egyptian musicians who travel to Israel to play a concert get lost in the Negev Desert and end up in a small town in the Negav Desert.The musicians and the town celebrate music and faith. 8. Getting the Band BackTogether. 9.Tina Turner and Cher. 10. Yes.

MARSHMELLO 1. 2015 2. Wavez 3. Christopher Comstock 4. Skrillex 5. Electronic Dance Music (EDM) 6. 2016 7. DJTi ësto 8. Anne-Marie 9. Joytime and Joytime II 10. Miranda Cosgrove