Chorus
Start Here - Warm Up Your Voice!
Follow the notes up and down on "OOh" or "AH". Try adding your own words to the melody to compose your own song!
Remember Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti, or Solfege!
Listen to each measure, then sing the solfege syllables on the proper pitch. Have fun!
Sing along with this version of Leonard Cohen's famous song "Hallelujah".
Instead of the Text, he uses Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti, or Solfege
Sing Along
Here is one of our favorites! Here is "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from the Musical "Mary Poppins". Have fun fitting all the syllables into the correct beats!
Cantar!
Sing along with this video of "Cantar!" by Jay Althouse. The lyrics are shown below,
Pay attention to your dynamics (loud/soft)
Keep your vowels OPEN
"Best Day of My Life" - by American Authors
Virtual Choir
Back in 2009, American composer and director Erik Whitacre launched this version of his song "Lux Arumque" as a virtual choir performance. 185 singers from 12 different countries recorded themselves singing this beautiful song, sent their videos in, and after some incredible editing, this is the final result.
Lux Aurumque ("Light and Gold", sometimes "Light of Gold") is a choral composition in one movement by Eric Whitacre. It is a Christmas piece based on a Latin poem of the same name, which translates as "Light, warm and heavy as pure gold, and the angels sing softly to the new born babe"
Pentatonix: The Sound of Silence
We have enjoyed listening to the beautiful sound of harmony from the American vocal ensemble "Pentatonix". Enjoy their version of "The Sound of Silence".
Let's write a song!
Watch this 7th Grader perform her own composition "All Day Long" - the Corona Virus song. It has inspired me to start writing a song... how about you?
Tell Us Your Favorite Song
STEP 1: Click this link to the Google Doc
STEP 2: Fill out the Google Doc or print out as best you can
STEP 3: Return your answer to anyone. Your parents, family, classroom teacher, music teacher or email a district music teacher mtusa@srcs.k12.ca.us or nhodson@srcs.k12.ca.us.
The Physics of OPERA - a Ted Talk video
Bim Bum - Hand Clapping song
Follow along with the video and clap/snap/pat while singing the lyrics