Dynamics: Arithmetic

Beginning

1. Teacher claps two beats softly (piano).
2. Students repeat.
3. Teacher claps three beats medium softly (mezzo piano).
4. Students repeat.
5. Teacher claps four beats medium loudly (mezzo forte).
6. Students repeat.

Intermediate

1. Teacher claps two beats softly (piano).
2. Students add one beat.
3. Teacher claps three beats medium softly (mezzo piano).
4. Students add one beat.
5. Teacher claps four beats medium loudly (mezzo forte).
6. Students add one beat.

Advanced

1. Teacher claps two beats softly (piano).
2. Students repeat.
3. Teacher claps two beats medium softly (mezzo piano).
4. Students repeat.
5. Teacher claps two beats medium loudly (mezzo forte).
6. Students repeat.

Beginning

1. Teacher claps four beats softly.
2. Students repeat.
3. Teacher claps three beats softly.
4. Students repeat.
5. Teacher claps two beats softly.
6. Students repeat.

Intermediate

1. Teacher claps four beats softly.
2. Students subtract one beat.
3. Teacher claps three beats softly.
4. Students subtract one beat.
5. Teacher claps two beats softly.
6. Students subtract one beat.

Advanced

1. Teacher claps four beats softly.
2. Students repeat.
3. Teacher claps three beats medium softly.
4. Students repeat.
5. Teacher claps two beats medium loudly.
6. Students repeat.

Beginning

1. Teacher claps four beats mezzo forte.
2. Teacher prompts students, “Make a two measure phrase.”
3. Students clap mezzo forte four beats x two measures.
4. Teacher claps four beats mezzo forte.
5. Teacher prompts students, “Make a four measure phrase.”
6. Students clap mezzo forte four beats x four measures.

Intermediate

1. Teacher claps four beats mezzo forte.
2. Teacher prompts students, “Two measure phrase.”
3. Students clap a different dynamic four beats x two measures.
4. Teacher claps four beats mezzo forte.
5. Teacher prompts students, “Four measure phrase.”
6. Students clap a different dynamic four beats x four measures.

Advanced

1. Teacher claps four beats mezzo forte.
2. Teacher prompts students, “Two measure phrase.”
3. Students clap mezzo forte four beats x two measures.
4. Teacher claps four beats mezzo forte.
5. Teacher prompts students, “Four measure phrase.”
6. Students clap mezzo forte 4 beats x four measures.

Beginning

1. Teacher claps four beats (slowly) mezzo piano.
2. Teacher claps two divisions of beat per each of four beats (eighth notes).
3. Students clap four beats (slowly) mezzo piano.
4. Students clap two divisions of beat per each of four beats (eighth notes).

Intermediate

1. Teacher claps four beats (slowly) mezzo piano.
2. Teacher claps two divisions of beat per each of four beats.
3. Students clap four beats (slowly) with a different dynamic.
4. Students clap two divisions of beat per each of four beats with a different dynamic.

Advanced

1. Teacher claps four beats (slowly) mezzo piano.
2. Teacher claps two divisions of beat per each of four beats.
3. Students clap four beats (slowly) mezzo piano.
4. Students clap two divisions of beat per each of four beats.

The same Out of Tempo exercises are performed In Tempo.

The teacher sets up a tempo, time signature, and tonality, instructing the students to:

1. Clap the beats in the dynamics instructed while singing the beats of the given time signature in the same dynamic as the claps.
2. Clap the beats in the dynamics as instructed while singing different rhythms in the same dynamics as the claps.
3. Sing the beats in the dynamics instructed while clapping the beats in the same dynamics.
4. Sing the beats in the dynamics instructed while clapping different rhythms in the same dynamics as the claps.
5. Vary the dynamics between the claps and the singing so that they are not the same.