• Understand the difference between Unison and Harmony

• be able to identify various voice types

• Identify the difference between accompanied and unaccompanied

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON YOU WILL

• Soprano (voice) – The highest female voice.

• Historically, women were not allowed to sing in the Church so the soprano roles were given to young boys.

• Here is a classical piece of opera sung by a Soprano – Queen of the Night

SOPRANO

• Alto (voice) – The lowest female

• In pop music a singer who has a lower voice than a soprano would be called a mezzo-soprano .

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY

ALTO

• Tenor (voice) – A high adult male voice. For example - Michael Jackson

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps&ob=av2e

TENOR

• Bass (voice) – The lowest adult male voice.

• In pop music there are very few bass singers, but one example would be Johnny Cash.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7K4jH7NqUw

BASS

OPERATIC SINGING

• 1) Operas are normally accompanied by an orchestra and NO MICROPHONES

• 2) The main contributors: Italy, Germany, France and Britain• YouTube - Dessay performs "Der Hölle Rache" from "Die Zauberflöt

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SoloA voice or instrument performing on its own.

SINGING IN OTHER CULTURES

• 1) Indian Singing – What do you notice about the style?• YouTube - Sweet child o' mine on the sitar

AccompaniedMusic in which a solo instrument or voice has another instrument which plays a less important part along with the solo.

• 2) African Singing – What part does vocal music play in African culture?

• YouTube - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Hello My Baby

HarmonyNotes or chords which sound well with a melody are said to harmonise the melody.

VOICE TRICKS

• 1) Inuit throat singing – Entertainment• YouTube - Tanya Tagaq Throat Singing

UnaccompaniedA voice or voices singing on their own, or an instrument playing on its own.

• 2) Beat Boxing• YouTube - Bjork "who is it" live

ROCK MUSIC

• 1) Accompanied by rock instruments• 2) Who are your favourite rock singers and why?• 3) Do you think they sing using a good vocal

technique?• YouTube - U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

• Unison• A number of instruments or

voices perform a single line of music together.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/12072.flv

CHOIR SINGING

• Here are several clips to help you identify whether it is unison or harmony singing.

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UNISON OR HARMONY

• Choral music has been written through the ages and includes all kinds of music, sometimes with different names like backing vocals in pop music where voices accompany a lead singer, to the earliest music of the church from the 13th and 14th centuries.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hR6O7VxKaQ

CHOIR SINGING