MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Basso Profondo, Coloratura, Vibrato

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Range: the highest and lowest notes that someone/something can sing/play. Overtones: other fundamental pitches that you don"t hear in a consonance. Oscilloscope: gives you a picture of your voice and tells you dominant overtones, etc. Timbre: (pronounced tambre) tone color and quality of sound. Tool by which we identify different voices and instruments. Gloomy, dark, clear, clear, bright, harsh, rough, delicate, full, wide, narrow, etc. Coloratura (soprano): really high notes, extreme ranges, extreme jumps/leaps/etc. Aria: equivalent of a monologue in a play. Virtuoso: someone with seriously impressive skill in their field. Tessitura: where the voice prefers to sing/sounds best. Basso profondo: profound base; lowest voice in nature. Male chorus: chorus of tenors, baritones, and bases. A cappella: voices alone; chorus of no instruments. Exoticism: when composers glorify/show fascination in a foreign land. (opposite of nationalism). False cords: the little-boy voice that all men still have access to. Counter-tenor: male who uses falsetto to sing classical music; female range; aria from.

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