Chromatic Intervals: Call and Response

Teacher sets up a tempo, time signature, tonality, and rhythms.

Phrases can be four to thirty-two measures in length depending on the student’s ability.

Start with one note per measure and add different rhythms as students become more comfortable with the exercise. For more confident students, use non-repeating notes and rhythm patterns.

Students sing one, two, three, or four notes per measure.

Speaking, singing, playing.

Refer to the Interval Smorgasbord for ideas.

1. Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “I sing interval x to my accompaniment. Student A repeats the interval.”
2. Student A does so.
3. Teacher prompts, “Student B sings the same interval and then chooses a different interval."
4. Student B does so.
5. Teacher prompts, “Student C sings the interval chosen by student B, repeats it and chooses another interval.”
6. Student C does so.

The process repeats until all students have participated, repeating the previous interval and choosing a new one.

Without repeating the previous interval.

1. Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “I sing interval x to my accompaniment. Student A sings a different interval in a different direction.”
2. Student A does so.
3. Teacher prompts, “Student B chooses a different interval in a different direction.”
4. Student B does so.
5. Teacher prompts, “Student C chooses another interval and changes direction.”
6. Student C does so.

1. Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “I sing interval x to my accompaniment. Student A sings two different intervals in the same or different directions.”
2. Student A does so.
3. The process continues until all students have participated singing two intervals in the same or different directions.