Objectives 182009

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Objectives 1/8/2009

• The Student Will Be Able To
• Sight Read Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So
• Learn Musical Dynamics
• Demonstrate correct hand signs in Sight Reading.
• Men Dynamics Notes and Sight Reading
• 6th Grade Girls Dynamics Notes and Sight Reading
• Advanced Choir Sight Reading and intro to UIL
  Music
• Voice Lesson Announcements
• If you owe-You must pay by Friday or you will be
  removed from voice lessons!
• ADVANCED CHOIR SECTIONALS START NEXT WEEK
• TUESDAYS ALTOS 820-840
• THURSDAYS SOPRANOS 820-840

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Game

• Decrescendo
• Crescendo
• Pianissimo
• Fortissimo
• Choir
• Music Appreciation
• Staff
• Dynamics
• S cale
• Forte
• Mezzo Forte
• Mezzo Piano
• Piano
• Ledger Lines
• Accent

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Dynamics

• Dynamics Indicate how loudly or softly the music
  should be performed
• Pianissimo Performed Very Soft
• Piano Perform Softly
• Mezzo Piano Perform medium Softly
• Fortissimo Perform Very Loud
• Forte Perform Loudly
• Mezzo Forte Perform Medium Loud
• Extras When you add an extra ississimo it means
  very, very EX Pianississimo-Very Softly or
  Fortississimo-Very Loudly

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Dynamic Symbols

• PP-Pianissimo
• P-Piano
• MP-Mezzo Piano
• MF-Mezzo Forte
• F-Forte
• FF-Fortissimo
• Crescendo-Gradually Get Louder
• Decrescendo-Gradually Get Softer

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Choir Facts

• When holding out a note, the consonant should be
  put on the upcoming beat. For Ex. When Holding a
  note for 2 beats (half Note) the consonant should
  be put at the beginning of the 3rd beat.
• The reason we do choir warm-ups is to stretch our
  vocal muscles to prepare for singing.
• When singing, the inside of your mouth should be
  spacious, open, and lifted
• The AH vowel should always be sung vertically.
  Never with the mouth horizontal-to avoid the
  Texas Twang
• The most important skill to develop in choir, in
  order, are Sight Reading, blend, and building
  vocal strength
• Half-steps in the solfege scale fall between MI
  and FA
• To set our key, we use D-M-S-M-D-S-Do

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Choir Facts

• When singing in unison, we are all singing the
  same part together.
• The method we use to sight read is called solfege
  and we use syllables, DRMFSLTD to sight read
• The lines below and above the staff are called
  ledger lines
• The most mispelled word in Choir, is the word
  CHOIR. Know how to spell this word!
• When singing, our goal should never be to
  out-sing everyone else. It should be to blend
  with each other
• The order in which students are placed on the
  risers makes a huge difference in sound. Why is
  this?

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Choir Definitions

• Accent Placed above a note to indicate stress or
  emphasis
• Accidental A sharp or flat
• Beat Pulsation or count within a measure of
  music
• Clef Signs Signs placed at the beginning of
• a staff which indicate the pitch of the notes
  on the staff. For Ex Treble and Bass Cleff
• Fermata To hold or pause until the director cuts
  you off
• Fine A sign that indicates the end of a piece
• Flat Lowers a note by half of a step

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Choir Definitions

• Harmony A simultaneous combination of pitches.
  Two or more parts singing different notes
  together
• Interval The distance between two notes
• Key Signature The sharps or flats placed at the
  beginning of the staff to indicate the key
• Legato Performing the music smoothly and
  connected
• Ledger Lines Lines placed below and above the
  staff that go beyond the range of the staff.
  These are very short lines, unlike staff lines
• Measure-The area between two bar lines

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