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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Music Appreciation: Vocal Types and Ranges

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains the six vocal ranges and the qualities which make individual voices within the ranges different. There is a video lecture and some associated videos of professional singers with the different voice ranges.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Courses: Daily Vocal Warm Up Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of four video lessons providing basic warm-up routines for singers. Videos vary in length and focus on diaphragm exercises, vocal range, vocal tone, and protecting the throat.
Interactive
PurposeGames

Purpose Games: The Vocal Tract

For Students 9th - 10th
Players will test their knowledge of the vocal tract by taking this 17 question quiz.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Effective Vocal Delivery

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the vocal delivery of a speech including volume, rate, pitch, pauses, and articulation and pronunciation.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Vocal Visualizer

For Students 9th - 10th
Create a vocalizer device out of PVC piping and, with the help of a laser pointer, use it to project a visualization of the sound vibrations you make with it.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Vocales Vocalizadas

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanations, with audio examples, of the way your vocal tract changes when different vowel sounds are made.
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Other

J.s. Bach/texts of the Complete Vocal Works

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete listing of the vocal works with their librettos. Very comprhensive. Click on BWV texts to view words.
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SingWise

Sing Wise: Understanding Vocal Range, Vocal Registers, and Voice Type

For Students 9th - 10th
Clear explanations of many terms used in evaluating and describing singing voices. Learning these explanations should help students find their comfortable singing ranges.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Comparing Vocal Ranges: How High and Low Can You Go?

For Students 3rd - 5th
What is the highest note you can sing? How about the lowest? Do you think males and females can reach the same notes? How about children and adults? Find out the answers to all these questions in this "note"-worthy science fair project.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Vocalics & Repartee: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that different cultures may attribute very different meanings to vocal tone, volume, and turn-taking/interruption in communication. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Vocalics...
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Other

Furman University: How to Memorize Vocal Music

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of practical pointers as to how a singer can effectively memorize music. Written by a university vocal performing artist.
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Other

Science Museum of Minnesota: Wild Music: Sound Activities: Making Vocal Chords

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions for making a simple model of vocal chords. All you need is a plastic cup, a rubber band, and a straw.
Primary
Other

Jewish Christian Lit: Jephtha: An Oratorio in Vocal Score

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete vocal score and story of the oratorio Jephtha by G.F. Handel.
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Other

Facing Vocal Competitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Article by Emily Brunson about facing solo competitions after less successful attempts at competing.
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Other

Vocalist International Singers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is for those serious about vocal training and those who are interested in bettering their voice. Includes helpful hints from people struggling with their vocal studies and progression.
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Other

Diction for Singers

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete vocal diction resource site. Commentary that is to the point. Supplemental visuals and lots of related resources and links.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Jazz Singers: Online Exhibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress online exhibition of Jazz singers provides a short bio and photos of each of these influential artists offering perspectives of the art of vocal jazz from the 1920s to present.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Courses: Singing Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of six video vocal lessons for the beginning singer. Videos vary in length.
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Other

Science Frontiers Online: Throat Singing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an interesting discussion of how humans shape their voice to produce a variety of sounds. Discussion focuses upon the technique of "throat-singing," a method of creating vocal sounds unlike any other.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Little Anthony and the Imperials

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides engaging biographical facts on successful vocal group, Little Anthony and the Imperials, 2009 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Drifters

For Students 9th - 10th
Considered one of the greatest vocal groups of the 1950s and 1960s, The Drifters were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988 and have three songs on the list of the top 500 most influential songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Platters

For Students 9th - 10th
Features interesting biographical details on popular Fifties black vocal group, the Platters, 1990 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Shirelles

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the earliest girl vocal groups of the early Sixties, they had a dozen Top Forty hits including the first #1 single by a girl group. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Other

Use of Vibrato in Baroque Vocal Music

For Students 9th - 10th
As the title indicates, this site focuses on Baroque vibrato. The thoroughness of the research is impressive, yet it reads easily and is not difficult to absorb.

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