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Vocal Development & Sight Singing
Vocal
Development &
Sight Singing
Always a critical aspect of vocal
development, strengthening the
voice and learning to sing at sight
can never be over-emphasized.
n 115 Tang Tungling Tongue Twisters from A-Z!Greg Gilpin.
This collection of enjoyable and challenging tongue twisters is set
to music using every letter of the alphabet. Say them! Sing them!
Use them to focus your choir's attention! These tongue twisters are
effective tools to improve diction and enunciation, while offering
some amusing "icebreaker" moments. Each one is scored as
a unison song with piano accompaniment. Whether used as a
warm-up, warm-down or focus moment, they will taunt even the
most talented in town with a tang tungling time! All ages.
10274251 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 6-12 12.99
n 8 Steps to Harmonization (Laying the Foundation for
Successful Part-Singing)Catherine DeLanoy. Lay the
foundation for successful part-singing with this unique and
valuable resource designed to aid music teachers by providing a
step-by-step path for teaching young choirs how to sing harmony,
building a bridge that transitions between elementary and high
school music reading. Perfect for middle school, this resource
can be easily adapted for younger and older singers. Each step
in this book offers several songs that will give choirs the practice
they need to master each type of harmonization: Unison; Ostinato;
Echo Songs; Descants; Partner Songs; Rounds; Polyphonic Songs
and Homophonic Songs. The enclosed CD-ROM includes MP3
recordings of piano accompaniments and pdfs of the piano/vocal
scores for projection or printing.
10507013 Mixed Voices Reproducible Book/CD-ROM . .49.99
l Bumblebee! (Rounds and Warm-ups for Choirs)Michael
Griffin. Bumblebee: Rounds & Warm-ups for Choirs is more than just a
collection of 130 choir exercises including 50 rounds. Michael Griffin,
who has taught and consulted throughout the world, shares timeless
wisdom to help you get your choir into shape. Included are new ideas
and extensions on some of the well-known warm-ups backed with
clear explanations. Singing pedagogy and vocal physiology along
with useful vocal examples are combined to make this a must-have
resource for singing teachers and choral conductors.
10626931 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.95
n Choir Builders for Growing Voices (18 Vocal Exercises for
Warm-up & Workout)Emily Crocker & Rollo Dilworth. It is never
too early to begin teaching proper vocal technique to young singers.
Here are 18 fun and original exercises that will get the voices of
your young students on the right track to producing a quality sound.
Posture, breathing, flexibility, range of voice and more are all
addressed in the exercises. Sing along with the demonstration tracks
on the enclosed CD for quick learning, or use the accompaniment-
only tracks for ear training and assessment options. Get ready to
workout to a better sounding choir! Warm-ups include: Articulate!;
At the Market; Diction Warm-up; The Giant and the Flea; Interval
Training; Phineas the Frog; Tune Your Voices, and more!
10084295 Unison Reproducible
Book/CD Volume 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 4-8 19.99
n Choir Builders for Growing Voices (24 More Vocal Exercises
for Warm-up & Workout)Rollo Dilworth. This second
volume of the popular series offers 24 more warm-ups and
workouts. Strengthen phrasing and breath control, use dynamic
expression, enhance independent and harmonic singing, perform
accurate articulations, swing eighths and syncopation patterns,
practice proper diction, rhythm accuracy, and more. Sing along
with the demonstration tracks on the enclosed CD, or use the
accompaniment-only tracks for ear training and assessment
options. 12 of the exercises also offer optional Orff and percussion
accompaniment parts.
10429105 Unison Reproducible
Book/CD Volume 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 4-8 19.99
n Gadgets for Great SingingChristy Elsner. Use a gadget for a
fresh approach to teaching dynamics, facial expression, phrasing
and musicality in your choral classroom. These inexpensive learning
tools provide endless inventive ideas for introducing and reinforcing
all elements of vocal pedagogy including breath, resonant tone,
vowel formation, tongue placement, and diction. They also promote
kinesthetic awareness and physical memory, empowering the
individual singers and the entire class.
10376206 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 5-12 19.99
n Junior Voiceworks (33 Songs for Children)Kevin Stannard.
This excellent resource is organized in five sections. I. Chant It
and Sing features songs from around the world which derive from
rhythmic chanting, including canons. II. Exploring Two-part Harmony
explores different ways of singing harmony, using mostly stepwise
lines, ostinato rhythms, parallel second parts and descants. III.
Around and Around is a selection of traditional and contemporary
rounds, based on a range of themes, which draw on different
musical styles. IV. Unison Songs covers a variety of folk traditions,
exploring different meters and tonalities. V. Challenging Songs are
somewhat more involved rhythmically, melodically and textually,
and are intended to maintain the interest of better students. Each
song in the book has supporting text notes that approach the
teaching/learning process from six angles: Information; Starting;
Teaching and Rehearsing; Ideas; Listen Out (troubleshooting),
and Performing. Classroom instruments such as the recorder and
ocarina are introduced, as well as Kodaly sol-fa hand signs.
5983134 Unison/Two-Part Reproducible
Book/CD Volume 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. 2-6 51.95
l Making Sight Reading Fun! (Choral Games for Students and
Teachers)Mary Jane Phillips. Making Sight Reading Fun - is
that even possible? This creative resource book by veteran middle
school choral director Mary Jane Phillips provides many different
games to motivate students to not only work harder on perfecting
their sight reading skills, but to have fun while they do it! Along
with motivational games like Eliminator; Sight Reading Football and
Trashketball, Mary Jane offers tips and tricks from 27 years spent
motivating students to learn to sight read, in the most painless
way possible. There are short Daily Activities and longer Friday
"Game Day" activities - 20 in all - to keep students on their toes
and engaged while learning to sight read. Also included are many
sample music examples and a list of resources to use if you need to
find more sight reading material.
10605944 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.99
n Master Strategies for ChoirMichael Jothen. This useful
book contains over 70 ready-to-use reproducible rubrics and
worksheets for the choral rehearsal, grades 6-12. It is organized
into three sections: 1) Choir as a sound laboratory, covering choral
techniques; 2) Choir as a rehearsal classroom, addressing history,
style and theory; 3) Choir as a concert venue, presenting concert
etiquette and assessment. This multi-faceted resource will add a
new dimension to your choir rehearsals!
3303903 Book Reproducible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.99
n Melodia (Solfeggio Course)Samuel Cole & Leo Lewis. With its
100th anniversary in 2003, this comprehensive sight-singing course
celebrates an entire century of use as the "great-grandfather" of
developmental tools for the young musician. Look again at this
logical and progressive method that has crossed the path of
countless musicians since the days of Gustav Mahler.
717579 Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.99
717660 Volume 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.50
n Partner Warm-Ups for Young VoicesTeresa Jennings. This
is a group of seven lighthearted partner warm-ups. The songs are
good for teaching precision, enunciation, articulation, and, as they
are true partner songs, they help develop the independence that part-
singing requires.
10508829 Reproducible Book/CD . . . . . . . . . Gr. K-8 24.95
Hear your students' voices grow
First Steps in Music
Vocal Development Kit
John Feierabend.
John Feierabend has been a leader in helping young children develop their singing voices. Now, with The
First Steps in Music Vocal Development Kit, teachers can use many of Dr. Feierabend's favorite tools and
techniques with students every day. Included in the kit are puppets, toys, and instruments designed to
help with two types of vocal development activities. Pitch Exploration Activities invite children to create
sliding sounds and encourage them to use their head voices. Echo Songs and Call and Response Songs
allow children to use their newly found head voices to sing short melodic phrases. Whether used in
conjunction with the First Steps in Music Curriculum or independently, the activities in this kit will help
develop and maintain healthy vocal fitness in students of all ages.
3302608 Classroom Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pre K.-2 89.95
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