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Mahomet-Seymour Schools
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Curriculum
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Music - Treble Choir
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The
learner will be able to describe and demonstrate correct posture, tone,
resonance, articulation, and intonation for a properly supported singing
voice.
The
learner will be able to demonstrate increasing control of the muscles used
for singing and breathing and to describe the breathing process.
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.
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.
The
learner will be able to demonstrate increased vocal flexibility and range.
The
learner will be able to demonstrate the ability to blend with the other
voices in the ensemble in tone production and uniform vowel production.
The
learner will be able to describe the unique qualities of the female voice
as it moves from the young, light voice toward a mature female sound.
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The
learner will be able to identify and demonstrate understanding of the basic
principles of music notation and of music reading.
The
learner will be able to demonstrate correct rhythm and pitch concepts using
combinations of whole, half, quarter and eighth note/rest values.
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.
The
learner will be able to identify the tonic, dominant 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 exercises using whole, half, and eighth note/rest values.
The
learner will be able to accurately perform and describe increasingly
difficult melodic and harmonic intervals using solfege.
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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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