Intervals: Landscaping

1. Teacher plays all eight notes of a major or minor scale sustained on an electronic keyboard.
2. Teacher prompts, “Sing a major second* upward from the sustained notes.”
3. Students find major seconds.

* Any interval may be used for this exercise. Using the minor scales add more intervals to the available combinations especially when using the harmonic minor scale.

1. Teacher plays all eight notes of a major of scale sustained on an electronic keyboard.
2. Teacher prompts, “Sing a major second downward from the sustained notes.”
3. Students sing downward major seconds.

1. Teacher plays all eight notes of a major or minor scale sustained on an electronic keyboard.
2. Teacher prompts, “Sing two different seconds from the sustained notes.”
3. Students sing two different seconds from the sustained notes.

Teacher sets up a slow tempo but students keep the tempo going. The teacher does not add an accompaniment. Students sing two-note intervals, one note per measure or two notes per measure.

Speaking, singing, playing.

1. Teacher plays all eight notes of a major or scale sustained on an electronic keyboard.
2. Teacher prompts, “Sing an upward (interval) in 2, 3, or 4 time."
3. Students sing an upward interval in a tempo, one or two notes per measure.

1. Teacher plays all eight notes of a major or minor scale sustained on an electronic keyboard.
2. Teacher prompts, “Sing a downward (interval) in 2, 3, or 4 time."
3. Students sing a downward interval in a tempo, one or two notes per measure.

1. Teacher plays all eight notes of a major or minor scale sustained on an electronic keyboard.
2. Teacher prompts, “Sing two different intervals from the sustained notes.”
3. Students sing two different intervals from the sustained notes.