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Objectives
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Evaluate their level of sight-reading proficiency and intonation, pinpoint areas that need additional work, and describe strategies for building proficiency.
Outline a personal plan for improving sight-reading and intonation over 2 weeks.
Improvise a melody over a tonic chord in either major or minor, implementing strategies discussed in the reading.
Sight read rhythms and melodies that incorporate other beat note values in simple time (e.g. 2/2, 4/16, 3/8, 4/2).
Preparation for Class
Preparation for Class
Read:
Read:
Read the following selections from Chenette's Foundations of Aural Skills:
Improvisation Strategies (Foundations of Aural Skills, Chenette)
Review the following (as needed) from Aural I to review strategies for sight-singing:
Explore
Explore
Tuning Do-Mi-Sol: Practice skipping between Do, Mi, and Sol in different keys against a sounding drone pitch. Sing slowly and really focus on your intonation.
Study Aids
Study Aids
Comparison of Simple Time Signatures
(Source: Sarah Louden)
Overview of Takadimi Syllables for Rhythm (PDF)
(Source: Takadimi.net)
Solfège Syllables for Major and Minor
(Source: Sarah Louden)
In-Class Activities
In-Class Activities
Improvisation
Improvisation
Melodic Improvisation with Tonic: Review improvisation strategies discussed in the reading by Chenette. Then, try the exercise below:
Improvisation with Tonic (Cleland & Dobrea-Grindahl, Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, pp. 73–75).
The Improvisation Train: After working through the exercise above, try the improvisation train exercise below to practice ear-training and build your memory skills as a group. You can do this exercise in duets, groups, or as a full class. Be sure to practice in both major and minor!
1) Select a tempo and meter for the improvisation. Consider using a backing track (like one of these: Rock | Funk | Slow Blues | Waltz) to help keep time during your improvisation. Conducting is recommended!
2) The first student in the train sings one measure of tonic improvisation using neutral syllables ("da" or "ta").
3) The whole class repeats the improvised measure using solfège.
3) The next student in line adds a second measure of improvisation (neutral syllables again).
4) The whole class repeats both measures in order using solfège.
5) The next student in line adds a 3rd measure, etc . . . Keep building and repeating until you can't remember the melody anymore!
Sight Reading
Sight Reading
Sight Singing: Review melodies in both sections. See especially the melodies in the section "Other Time Signatures" for examples written in other simple time signatures.
Rhythm Sight-Reading: Examples in simple meter in cut time or other beat units (e.g. 2/2, 3/8, 4/16). Values down to the division.
Review strategies as a class for matching pitch, sight-reading, rhythmic and melodic syllables, and establishing tonic (as needed).
Practice
Practice
Auralia:
Note Recognition: Levels 3a, 4a
Rhythm Dictation: Levels 8–9b
Tuning: All Levels
Sight-Singing: Levels 1–7
Musition:
Rhythm Tapping: Levels 7–8b
Quizlet Flashcards: Time Signatures
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