Term 2 - Lesson 4 - Monday 20th February

We will be working on this song:






RHYTHM

If you're unsure about these, this link may help.



We practised rhythmic reading using this sheet...

We also looked at the different bits of a note:

Time Signatures

We looked at time signatures in this lesson.

If you are struggling with time signatures, this link may help.




Simple and Compound Time signatures

We talked briefly about the difference between Simple and Compound Time Signatures. Information about these can be found here.

(please note: both the links talk about "measures". This is another word for "bars".)

Term 2, Lesson 2 - Monday 23rd January

On the Monday after half term (20th February) each one of you will sing a solo song from a musical that was first staged before 1960. You will have watched a video of this musical and will give a synopsis to the class.

Term 2, Lesson 1 - Monday 16th January

We will be working on this song:


Lyrics are here.


And this song:

Lesson 8 - 21st November 2016

1st years

By Monday 12th December...

(you should be able to complete this work in the final hour of this lesson)

Either on your blog, on paper or e-mailed to me:

Give a full account of how to ensure healthy use of the voice.

This should include:

• Things in your lifestyle relevant to keeping the voice healthy
• Things to do in rehearsal and practice to ensure a healthy voice
• An account of warm-ups and exercises that can be used to keep the voice healthy

In each case, make sure you explain why these this things are important


Please note:

We will move the solo singing assignment to Monday 12th December as well. No lesson next week!!!

Lesson 6 - 7th November 2016

1st Years: You will be assessed singing a solo song on 28th November.

This will be sung from memory. I will be assessing you on your ability to characterise the song as well as vocal technique, tuning, rhythm etc.


We are working on this song as a group:




(note: it is not quite the arrangement we are doing but it is similar - and it's a really good recording)

Lyrics are here.

Lessons 3, 4 & 5 - 3rd, 10th and 17th October 2016

Here is the next song we will be singing:

Lesson 2 - 26th September 2016

For your solo songs, I will expect you to be able to tell me:


Musical stuff:

What key it is in?

What is the starting note?

Lowest and highest note?



Other stuff:

Name of character singing it.

Why the character is singing it (ie. the song's context in the show).

Composer and librettist.







This will help you with the musical stuff:

Mnemonics (things to help you remember the notes on the stave):

You could make up your own if you prefer...