Scales: Call and Response
Goal: To use a social context in order to hear scales.
Out of Tempo
Spoken – numbers, letters solfege
Beginning
- Teacher speaks, "Doe."
- Student speaks, "Rey."
- Teacher speaks, "Mi."
- Student speaks, "Fa."
- Process continues speaking the scale up and down, back and forth teacher and student.
Intermediate
- Student speaks, "Doe."
- Teacher speaks, "Rey."
- Process continues speaking the scale up and down, back and forth between student and teacher.
Advanced
- Students pair off and repeat the process of trading leader and follower.
In Tempo
Sung, played in 2, 3, or 4 time
Beginning
- Teacher sings or plays "Doe."
- Student sings or plays "Rey."
- Teacher sings or plays "Mi."
- Student sings or plays "Fa."
- Process continues speaking the scale up and down, back and forth teacher and student.
Intermediate
- Student sings or plays "Doe."
- Teacher sings or plays "Rey."
- Process continues speaking the scale up and down, back and forth between student and teacher.
Advanced
- Students pair off and repeat the process of trading leading and following.