Vocal Pedagogy Take
Home Exam
Due Wednesday March 5
You are encouraged to use your textbook to answer the
questions. Answer each question thoroughly and in complete sentences.
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All
responses must by typed and answered completely.
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All
answers must be in your own words.
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No
paraphrasing from any written source or the test will have earned a Zero.
10 points each:
1.
Give a step by step explanation of how to align
the body for singing.
2.
Discuss the role of voice science in singing and
voice education.
3.
Name and discuss the five areas involved in the
vocal process according to function and how they interrelate.
4.
Discuss some techniques for relaxing body
tensions, aligning the body and warming up the voice.
5.
Name and describe the four phases and action of
the respiratory system during the inspiratory-expiratory cycle.
6.
Describe three exercises for helping students
with breathing.
7.
Name and describe the three types of phonation
and the three ways of initiating and releasing tone.
8.
What are the characteristics of efficient vocal
tone?
