Why I Love to Sing?

Whoa! We’ve finally made to the end of this, hopefully, VERY handy Vocal Dictionary! This Post covers Letters S Through Y because I couldn’t think of any X or Z terms. This was a real labor of love and so, I hope you’ll forgive the long break since my last post; I wanted you to have the best resource I could compile and I BELIEVE that’s what I’ve given you. Enjoy these last entries:             Scale:   A series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific formula (usually within an octave). For example, the formula for building an Ascending Major Scale is: Tonic or Root Note – Whole Step – Whole Step – Half Step – Whole Step – Whole Step – Whole Step – Half Step – Ending on the Tonic or Root Note UP one Octave from the Original Tonic or Root Note. ·       Scat: This is style or rather, a technique for singing Jazz that is based, improvisationally on the Chord Progressions in the song, using SYLLABLES rather than Lyrics or words. The sound, essentiall

Okay, we’re rounding the bend with our Vocal Dictionary. Now, hopefully, you can understand why it’s taken me so long to get it put together for you. This Post takes us all the way from the Letter K through R, so there’s only one Post left after this one. Check them all out and let me know what you think. I hope you’re gonna learn to love singing even more than you do already. Here we go:             Octave – This is a musical term for a note that has the same name as the note 8 tones below or above it. It is, therefore, the Tonic, AND the ending note in any Scale (Major or Minor), such as c3 to C4 to C5 in either a C Major Scale with no Sharps or Flats, or a C Minor Scale, whether C Natural, Harmonic, or Melodic Minor Scale. All of these Scales BEGIN AND End with “C” notes, one Octave apart. ·       Opera – This describes a dramatic or comedic play, which is ENTIRELY sung, not spoken at all. Some passages are not necessarily melodic, as “Recitatives” may