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WorksheetsMusic Minutes 7: Reading a Choral Score
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
What would the audience hear first if this music was being performed?
Part One
Part Two
Accompaniment
Singers
Who sings first?
Sopranos and Altos
Part Two
Accompanist
Baritones
What does the fact that certain staves are connected together mean?
If staves are connected together, everyone sings it.
If staves are connected together, everything that lines up vertically (up and down) happens at the same time.
If staves are connected, you should sing smoothly.
If staves are connected, the lines sound similar.
Which part(s) start with half notes?
Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4
Parts 1 and 2
Parts 2, 3, and 4
Parts 1 and 3
When the Sopranos and Altos start singing at measure 9, what do the Baritones have in their part?
The same as the Sopranos and Altos
Different notes but the same words
The same notes but in a different rhythm
A rest for at least a measure
How many systems are on this page?
2
5
1
4
What is the letter name of the first note the altos sing?
G
B
C sharp
D
What is the letter name that the sopranos sing on the word "horse"?
A
B
F sharp
E
Is the Soprano note on "na" of Regina in the first measure higher, lower, or the same in comparison to the Alto note at the same place?
Higher
Lower
The same
Is the alto note higher, lower, or the same in comparison to the soprano note on "li" of caeli in this measure?
Higher
Lower
The same
If the instrumentalist plays this exactly as written, how many measures will he/she play (some measures are played more than once. Count them all times.)
17
31
20
100
Who sings the top line?
Usually a soprano soloist or small group singing notes above the rest of the Chorus.
The conductor, teacher, director, or accompanist.
Whichever student talks too much in class.
A professional, hired singer.
What (besides the notes) is different between the first two measures and the second two measures?
The words change between the Sopranos, Altos, Tenors, and Basses.
The parts that sing are different notes and people.
The first two measures are louder than the second two.
The first two measures are softer than the second two.
How does the speed of the song change in these measures?
It starts fast, slows down, then goes very fast.
It stays the same throughout.
It gets louder as the singers start singing, and softer after that.
It starts at a walking tempo, slows down, then goes back to the first speed.
How many voice parts are there in this song?
1
2
3
4
What measure begins a loud section?
1
3
10
2
Where do the voice parts have different rhythms from each other?
None of these measures
Measure 4
Measure 8
Measure 1
At the beginning of the song, there is a marking that says that a quarter note = 144. What does that mean?
There are 144 measures.
There are 144 quarter notes.
The tempo is 144 beats per minute.
This works best for 144 singers.
There are names below the title. What do they mean?
Some of the music is by Gene B. Welling and some of the words are by James Stanard.
Some of the words are by Gene B. Welling and some of the music is by James Stanard.
James Stanard left the song for Gene B. Welling in his last will and testament.
Gene B. Welling and James Stanard are in competition for the rights to the song.
Where does this song change from unison to harmony?
At the beginning of the first line
On "A" of A-long
On the last line
On "trav" of trav-el-er
