Melody: Patterning
Goal: To lay the groundwork for hearing and singing longer and longer melodies.
Out of Tempo
Interpolations based on intervals
Beginning
- Teacher speaks, “Doe, Fa, Mi, Rey, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
Intermediate
- Teacher speaks, “Doe, Fa, Rey, Mi, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
Advanced
- Teacher speaks, “Doe, Mi, Fa, Rey, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
More Advanced
- Teacher speaks downward, “Doe, Sole, La, Ti, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
- Teacher continues process re-interpolating notes.
- Students repeat as instructed.
In Tempo
Sung or played in two-four, three-four, or four-four, diatonic intervals only, one note per measure at first.
Beginning
- Teacher sings, “Doe, Fa, Mi, Rey, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
Intermediate
- Teacher sings, “Doe, Fa, Rey, Mi, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
Advanced
- Teacher sings, “Doe, Mi, Fa, Rey, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
More Advanced
- Teacher sings downward, “Doe, Sole, La, Ti, Doe.”
- Students repeat.
- Teacher continues process re-interpolating notes.
- Students repeat as instructed.