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Q4 MUSIC For Students
Q4 MUSIC For Students
PIANO is used as an
accompaniment for an art song.
COMPONENTS OF AN OPERA
1. Libretto - the text of an opera, it is a component of an opera
that contains the story or the plot and its text.
Capo- Head, the beginning · Coda -closing section appended to a movement or song.
Falsetto - a weaker and more airy voice usually in the higher pitch arranges.
Rubato - slight speeding up or slowing down of the tempo of apieceatthe discretion of the soloist.
Vibrato - rapidly repeated slight pitch variation during a sustained note, to give a richer & more varied sound.
Key element to mastering opera singing
techniques:
1. Opera singers traditionally use much more vibrato, a
slow, cyclic variation or wobble in pitch.
2. The main languages to focus on for opera singing are
Italian, French, and German.
3. Opera singers make use of a technique called
“resonance tuning”.
4. Opera singers should sing bel canto.
Types of voices - MALE