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Mahomet-Seymour Schools.
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Mahomet-Seymour Schools
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Curriculum
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Music - Concert
Choir
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The learner will be able to describe and demonstrate
correct posture, tone, breathing, resonance, articulation and intonation of
a properly supported singing voice.
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The learner will be able to demonstrate increasing
control of the muscles used for singing and breathing and describe the
breathing process.
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The learner will be able to identify the three basic
regions or registers in the singing voice and demonstrate continuing
development of vocal tone through exercises exploring the chest, middle,
and head voice.
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The learner will be able to demonstrate increasing
ability to sing with good diction through the articulation of consonants
and through careful shaping of vowels that are spacious, vertical, “golf
ball” shaped with a lifted soft palate.
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The learner will be able to demonstrate increased
vocal flexibility and range.
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The learner will be able to demonstrate the ability
to blend with the other voices in the ensemble in tone production and vowel
production.
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The learner will be able to describe the unique
qualities of the voice as it moves from the changing young voice toward a
mature singing sound.
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The learner will be able to identify and demonstrate
the basic principles of music notation and of music reading.
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The learner will be able to demonstrate correct
rhythm and pitch concepts using combinations of whole, half, quarter and
eighth note/rest values.
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The learner will be able to identify, construct and
sing tonic chords, triads, melodic and harmonic intervals and to
demonstrate understanding of key
signatures, proper placement of sharps and flats on the staff and the
function of accidentals in a piece of music..
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The learner will be able to identify the tonic,
dominant chord and sub-dominant chords in a music selection and describe
the relationship between them.
The learner will be able to construct Major Scales
in the keys of C Major, G Major, F Major, D Major, and Bb Major.
The learner will be able to describe, sing, and
accurately notate relative minor scales in am, em,
dm, bm, and gm.
The learner will be able to identify and discuss
basic concepts of musical form that appear in the choral music being
performed.
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The
learner will be able to accurately perform increasingly difficult exercises
combining pitch, rhythm, whole and half steps using solfege
syllables.
The
learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to perform increasingly
difficult exercise combinations using whole, half, and eighth note/rest
values.
The
learner will be able to accurately perform and describe increasingly
difficult melodic and harmonic intervals of thirds, fourths, fifths, and
octaves.
The
learner will be able to sightread 4-part SATB
exercises accurately.
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The learner will be able to demonstrate excellence
in concert discipline, posture for singing, and articulation of the choral
sound.
The learner will be able to perform accurately
both accompanied and unaccompanied songs with independence of the singing
line in 2 and 3- part female voicings.
The learner will be able to demonstrate accurate
text, pitch, rhythm, phrasing, dynamics and style in a musical selection.
The learner will be able to accurately apply music
reading skills (solfege) to the performance of
selected literature.
The learner will be able to perform a variety of
musical genres and periods of music history from other cultures, peoples,
and languages.
The learner will be able to relate the performance
of a song to other poetry, fine arts, or literature of the period in which
it was composed.
The learner will be able to demonstrate
well-developed ensemble skills with awareness of intonation, balance, and
blend.
The learner will be able to accurately demonstrate
the principles of singing in Latin, Italian, German, or Spanish.
The learner will be able to understand and
articulate the similarities and differences between the three types of
vocal performances: solo singing, small ensemble singing, and large
ensemble (choir) singing.
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