2024 Praxis 5113 Performance Exam Questions and Answers

2024 Praxis 5113 Performance Exam Questions and Answers What to pay attention to in order to achieve good choral blend - CORRECT ANSWERVowel modification, dynamics, and vibrato. How do you produce a pure vowel sound? - CORRECT ANSWER-The mouth cavity must be open with a raised palette. Negative results of not hearing yourself sing in a choral setting - CORRECT ANSWERProductive collaboration is hindered, inaccurate intonation, and less likely to be actively listening and self-adjusting. Negative results of not hearing yourself play in an ensemble - CORRECT ANSWERProductive collaboration is hindered, inaccurate tuning, rhythm, and phrasing, and less likely to actively listen and self-adjust. Key musical elements of a unified ensemble performance - CORRECT ANSWERTuning, balance, phrasing, articulation, and cut-offs. Choral balance - CORRECT ANSWER-An equal level of sound coming from all voices and ranges Choral blend - CORRECT ANSWER-Uniformity of vowel formation and tone among singers 2/4 Conducting pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-Down-up 3/4 conducting pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-Down-out-up 4/4 conducting pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-Down-out-in-up 6/8 conducting pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-Down-in-in-out-out-up Advantages of studying recordings - CORRECT ANSWER-Helps conductor become more familiar with a piece. Disadvantages of studying recordings - CORRECT ANSWER-Could cause conductor to "parrot" recordings instead of making their own interpretations. Conductors could imitate styles that are not historically accurate. Techniques used to learn a score - CORRECT ANSWER-Play all the vocal parts together on the piano, play the accompaniment separately, read the text aloud poetically, analyze the score structurally, harmonically, dynamically, and melodically, and mark the score extensively. Resources for score research - CORRECT ANSWER-Scholarly books, journals, and articles. Extra-musical art forms such as literature, dance, visual art, and theater. Various recordings and interviews from the composer. Musical elements involved in interpretation - CORRECT ANSWER-Note durations, stresses, tempo, articulation, phrasing, dynamics, and the conductor's own understanding of the music's beginnings, climaxes, and endings as well as the historical background of the piece.