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WorksheetsChoir Etiquette & Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the correct way to enter the stage?
Walk silently with hands to sides facing forward. Know where you are going and go directly to riser spot.
Talk to your neighbor while you walk and ask them where to go because you have no idea.
Don't face forward and wait for large gaps in the line as you walk onstage.
Be as distracting as possible, waving to family and friends and talking loudly onstage.
What is something you should NOT do while performing onstage?
Keep eyes forward on the director and watch for their cues.
Stand singer posture and have your expression match the mood of the song.
Have great projection and great singing technique. Do personal best.
Chew gum, don't look at the director, have your phone in your pocket and have poor singer posture.
Mark ALL correct answers: List correct concert etiquette for sitting in your audience seat.
Clap appropriately at the end of a song and a solo.
Face the stage, watch the show silently and do not turn and talk to others.
Keep distractions and noisy objects out of your hands.
Make rude comments about the performers and talk loudly.
True or false: Talking onstage after you perform a song is appropriate.
True!
False!
Why should choirs keep their focus on the director while they sing onstage?
To follow the director's tempo and stay together
To ease nervousness by focusing on the director, not the audience
To help remember dynamic cues, breathing phrases, and when to make entrances and cutoffs
All the above!
Why is standing hands to your sides important?
It is less visually distracting
It helps with singer posture
The audience's attention goes to whoever is different so we want to be uniform.
All of the above!
What should the choir do if an audience member's phone rings in the middle of a song?
Start laughing!
Freeze!
Keep going!
Yell at the audience to be quiet!
Whole note
Half Note
Quarter Note
8th Note
16th Note
What are "Dynamics" in music?
Fast or Slow
Loud or Quiet
Changing Pitch
Two or more voices
When singing in a group, it is important to listen so that the sound (a) .
The highest vocal range.
Soprano
The speed of the music.
Tempo
Two or more voices singing at the same time with different pitches.
Harmony
Voices singing the same pitches.
Unison
Singing loud or quiet.
Dynamics
Why is it important to practice different rhythm patterns?
So that you can see the director.
So that it is easier to learn music.
Because I sing baritone.
Because volume is important.
In good singing posture, the shoulders should be
comfortable back
slumped down
rigidly thrown back, like a soldier
dipping back and forth
When singing, your jaw should be comfortably _______.
rigid
chewing
dropped
clinched
When singing in a chorus, a beautiful sound is achieved by creating unison _____ sounds.
consonant
vowel
number
vociferous
A person's ability to sing with others depends on
balancing their voice volume with others
singing with a clinched jaw and rigid knees
making sure they don't match their vowels with anyone else
singing with a weak, unsupported sound
How many spaces is the staff made up of?
3
4
2
7
Staff is made up of how many lines?
5
3
2
6
What is this symbol?
Treble Clef
Bass Clef
Alto Clef
Tenor Clef
What is this musical symbol called?
Bass Clef
Tenor Clef
Treble/G Clef
Alto Clef
What are these note values called?
16th notes
8th notes
quarter note
half note
whole note
crescendo means..
to increase in volume
to pause singing
to decrease in volume
decrescendo means.
to increase in volume
to decrease in volume
to sing faster
What does legato mean?
Short and detached
Smooth and connected
Tempo of the music
Which word matches the definition.
Short and detached.
staccato
legato
dynamics
