- 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
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Tass – week two Tuesday AMV – Vocal
- Warm ups
- sight singing
- #1 – to warm up
- #4 – good
- #7
- #16 – review from yesterday – needs accuracy
- Marching in spot, and singing
- Marching down the hall while singing..
- practice
- Siya hambe
- learning by rote
- first phrase down..
- add some percussion
- Loch lomond
Tass Week Two – AMV: Vocal
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
- Melody – the recognizable sequence of pitches in the forefront of a piece of music
- Harmony – the simultaneous occurrence of pitches
- Rhythm – the small organization of pitches into quarters, eights, tempo, beat and pulse
- Timbre – the tone quality of the pitches – i.e. guitar with and without a fuzz or distortion pedal
- Texture – the number and variety of instruments playing at one time.
- Form – the larger organization of notes into recognizable and contrast-able sections. i.e. Song form– Verse Chorus, or ABA
- 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.
Tass AMV – Vocal February 8th
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.
Tass Vocal Feb. 7th
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)
Slideshow on Prezi.com