Define the following musical terms:
1- Fermata
2 -Legato
3 -Tessitura
Answers to Barbershop History - General Knowledge Quiz:
1 - The prolongation of a tone, chord, or rest beyond its indicated time value; the sign (musical notation) indicating this prolongation which looks like a dot beneath a semi-circle.
2 - The smooth, seamless connection of successive notes; the opposite of choppy.
3 - The general 'lie' of a vocal part, whether high or low in its average pitch. It differs from range in that it does not take into account a few isolated notes of extraordinarily high or low pitch.