Ways to get a
raffle ticket with your name on it:
1)
Bring a
signed practice log back to choir with 15 minutes for 5 days or a total of 75
minutes (5 quarter notes) on it.
·
We have posted videos that you can go to for practicing your part on each
song.
·
If you
can read music and have access to a keyboard or piano, you can also check out
music to use to practice at home, but remember, you need to bring the music
back to class and you will have to buy a new one if it gets lost or damaged.
2)
Memorize
a song. 1 raffle ticket for each song
memorized.
3)
Prepare
a 5 minute presentation on a music topic to teach to the class. Some ideas include:
·
Key
signatures (Flats could be one presentation, Sharps could be another, the
circle of fifths another)
·
Note
names (where they are on the staff and on the keyboard and what they sound and
look like in different octaves)
·
Rhythms
(basic quarter, half, whole, eighth notes and rests could be one presentation;
dotted rhythms and sixteenth notes could be another presentation; triplets over
various rhythms; syncopation- these are all appropriate topics).
·
Conducting
(Basic patterns- 2/4, ¾, 4/4, 6/8 would be one lesson; how to bring in with a
prep breath, cut off, direct vermatas, and dynamics; how to lead mixed or
unusual beat patterns- 12/8, 9/8, 5/4, etc.)
·
Time
signatures
·
Dynamic
markings and meanings
·
Tempo
markings and meanings (accelerando, ritardando, largo, andante)
·
Music
vocabulary (articulation terms like legato, staccato, marcato, or expressive
terms like dolce, meno mosso, or terms that describe who or how one sings like
a capella, tutti)
·
Classical
composer report with short music sample
·
Background
of a piece we are singing
·
Intervals
(M2, m2, M3, m3, P4, augmented 4th ,etc.- how to see them, hear them
and sing them)
·
Chords
(A Major chord, c minor chord, 7th chords,etc.)
·
How
chords function in keys, starting with cadences
·
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Directors are
available between 10am and 10:50 at the Grantsville library to answer questions
and help you prepare a presentation.
Your topic must be approved by us before you prepare to teach it.
Please let us know
which date and topic you would like to do during this time, not during normal
class time.
4)
Turning
in optional assignments made during teacher presentations.
5)
Fill
out and turn in a note card with your name and the topics which you would like
to learn about from the list.
