Rhythm: Change
Goal: To hear, sing, and play the alternation of triplets and double eighth notes by using the prompt "change" through speaking, singing, and playing.
Out of Tempo
Beginner
- Teacher speaks, "1, 1, 1, 1."
- Students repeat.
Intermediate
- Teacher speaks, "1 2, 1 2, 1 2, 1 2."
- Students repeat.
Advanced
- Teacher speaks, "1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3."
- Students repeat.
In Tempo
Teacher sets up a tempo, time signature, and tonality, one solfege per measure at first.
Speaking, singing, playing.
Beginning
- Teacher sets up as above and sings/plays, “Doe Doe Doe Doe, Doedoe Doedoe Doedoe Doedoe, Doedoedoe Doedoedoe, Doedoedoe, Doedoedoe (triplets – not eighth = eighth), Doedoe, Doedoe, Doedoe, Doedoe, Doe Doe Doe Doe.”
- Students repeat.
Intermediate
- Same as above with an entire scale, using repeating solfege as above.
- Students repeat.
Advanced
- Teacher prompts, “Sing a scale using repeating solfege and when I say change, switch to eighth notes, triplet eighth notes or quarter notes.”
- Students do so.