• silly start:
• Warm up
• Handout – scales and arpeggios – the aristocats
• Take it bar by bar
• explain and look at importance of Solfege syllables
• reinforce tonic \ dominant relationship
• Key changes: – discuss and look at the progression starts in C, then goes to D, then E, then F – follows the scale from the beginning.
• Siya hambe
• with some percussion

Here’s what we did, in a nutshell

• Warmup – massage, humms, vowels, sequences etc.
• Sight singing
• #1 – lullaby – focus on quick articulations at beginning – “L” sound too long.
• #9 – part 1, then part 2, then together
• #12 – reinforce tonic dominant relationship
• stuck on 2nd half
• #16 – Divide into 3 groups
• determine and agree upon syllables
• clap through the rhythm
• Say words with proper rhythm
• Sing through with syllables
• Sing through with words
• Bring together and sing together
• Seven elements of music

1. Melody – the recognizable sequence of pitches in the forefront of a piece of music
2. Harmony – the simultaneous occurrence of pitches
3. Rhythm – the small organization of pitches into quarters, eights, tempo, beat and pulse
4. Timbre – the tone quality of the pitches – i.e. guitar with and without a fuzz or distortion pedal
5. Texture – the number and variety of instruments playing at one time.
6. Form – the larger organization of notes into recognizable and contrast-able sections. i.e. Song form– Verse Chorus, or ABA
7. Dynamics and Articulations – How the pitches start  or the attack or each note and level of sound produced. i.e. Forte, loud, soft, accented, staccato.

• Listening example: http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Ben+Heppner+Der+Rosenkavalier+Strauss/2KZV6K?src=5
• recognize at least one example in the music for each of the seven elements
• Discuss.

We need a new song to sing for tomorrow.

New student today – welcome!

• Warm up – breathing
• Hissing – longest hiss
• Circle massage warm up – release tension, build trust in group.
• hum – chew the hum
• Open hum to different vowel sounds and back
• Eh Ee Ay o oo
• range sighs – up and down
• Consonants – repeat after me.
• d drd drmrd drmfmrd drmfsfmrd
• Sight Singing book –
• review #1, 2, 3
• New – #4 tick tock – focus on consonants – staccatto – short
• reinforce tonic and dominant relationship – a little shakey – must further reinforce tomorrow.
• new #5 prum pum pum – much better
• #7 new syllable “mi” between do and sol
• prior knowledge – Solfeggio – opening do mi sol do`
• Exercise 7 – shakey because of rhythms – work more on rhythms in future. – use percussion to help?
• Solfeggio – worked on beginning section and melody
• Chord at beginning sounds shakey – Alto’s (group 2) seem unsure – find right mix of experience for second group.
• Began working on harmony part with second group.

Ran out of time today.  Tomorrow I should start with Solfeggio and mix up groups.  Have everyone be able to sing every part so that we learn from each other and find strengths.

We started with a warm-up

Good massage and breathing exerciese.

We are using “succesdsful sight singing book 1″ by Nancy Telfer

We went through exercieses 1, 2, and 3.

Theory sheets: – Clef worksheet, and lines and spaces Worksheet

• Due tomorrow Feb. 8th

Introduction to Solfeggio (the Do-Re-Mi Song)

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