To The Teacher |
National Standards for Arts Education |
Effective Teaching Checklist |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Posture - Breath - Tone Production |
Theory: Key - Scale - Circle of Fifths |
Sight-Reading: Major and Minor Pitch Practice |
Performance: A Cappella Canon |
Da Pacem, Domine |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Breath - Tone Production - Resonance |
Theory: Simple Meter - Beat - Division - Subdivision |
Sight-Reading: Practice Simple Meters (rhythm and pitch exercises) |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean |
Tenor Bass: Shalom Chaverim |
Mixed: The Water is Wide |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Breath - Tone Production - Resonance - Range Extension |
Theory: Intervals (major, minor, perfect) |
Sight-Reading: Melodic and Harmonic Interval Practice |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: I Know Where I'm Going |
Tenor Bass: Sit Down, Brother |
Mixed: The Silver Moon is Shining |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Posture - Breath - Resonance |
Theory: Intervals (diminished, augmented) |
Sight-Reading: Interval Practice |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: All the Pretty Little Horses |
Tenor Bass: Bound for the Promised Land |
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Registers - Flexibility |
Theory: Primary Cords (I, IV, V) |
Sight-Reading: Harmonic Practice (I, IV, V) |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
Tenor Bass: Goodnight Ladies |
Mixed: Oh, Susanna |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Registers (chest, middle, head, falsetto, whistle) |
Theory: Diatonic Chords (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii) |
Sight-Reading: Diatonic Chord Practice |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: Amazing Grace |
Tenor Bass: The Colorado Trail |
Mixed: An' Thou Wert My Ain Thing |
Goals and Overview |
Voice: Registers - Range Extension |
Theory: Categories of Harmony (tonic, subdominant, dominant) |
Sight-Reading: Harmonic Practice |
Performance: A Cappella Songs |
Treble: Where Go the Boats? |
Tenor Bass: Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron |
Mixed: Oh Dear! What Can The Matter Be |
Goals and Overview |
Appendix |
Circle Of Fifths |
Careers In Music |
Bibliography |
Recommended Videos |
and much more! |