Warming up to SingingBrought to you byPatti Rodriguez

Students and teachers are often shy about singing.the goal is not to turn students into singersenliven the learning processPeople also learn to sing by SINGING

Teachers can increase singing accuracy by…Establishing the starting pitch of a song by singing or by playing itMeter & flow of song can be established by counting“1,2, rea-dy sing” for a song in 2 or 4“1 rea-dy sing” for song in 3

Encourage students to…sing with energyrather than to sing loudlyblend with the voices of their classmates

Alleviate concerns about the sound of one’s voice by:Chanting nonsense soundsOver time teachers can progress from chanting, to exaggerating the words into a “heightened speech”, and then to singing.

Warmup ExercisesStretching/Breathing ExerciseVocal Exercise

Choral ReadingBrought to you byPatti Rodriguez

What is Choral Reading?Finding short poems, literary passages, or famous quotations that require vocal variations in rhythm, pitch, emotion, or dialectEncourages students to use their voices in new ways while adding fluency, confidence, and expression in reading aloudExamples:Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” or “The Bells”Use original writing

What’s THE WHOLE POINT in using nonsense sounds or choral reading?Acquaint students with using their voices with: greater expressionvocal rangeskillGets students ready for the joy of singing with confidence

Musical NotationBrought to you byPatti Rodriguez

Unless students take formal music courses, they rarely learn to read musical notation.Abstract musical symbol system might be an unfamiliar foreign language throughout their lives because of lack of exposureStudents can create their own symbol systems to better grasp musical notation

SOME WAYS TO TEACH NOTATION Ask students to listen to a piece of music & devise their own symbols to represent what they hearNumber the keys on a scale of a piano from 1 to 8 & help students play song

Introducing the Concept of Musical NotationINDIVIDUAL NOTES ON THE STAFFDo, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do (solfege)C,D,E,F,G,A,B,CDoReMiFaSoLaTiDo

Teaching Solfege

DYNAMICS & CONDUCTING ACTIVITY (just on LA)Cut off (hand gesture)Hold note (hand out)Go louder (hand goes up)Go softer (hand goes down)Blending..Sing Triad Chord

Creating Curriculum SongsBrought to you byPatti Rodriguez

Recorded songs are not available so, CREATE your own songs for your curriculum or content area.Little musical talent is required to begin creating original songs by writing words to a simple, well-known melody.

Song about the water cycle(to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat)Drip, drip, drip from the skyInto a little stream,Down the mountains, through the plains,And out into the sea. Up, up, up it goesUp into the skyOver the mountains it blows again,Then watch the snowflakes fly.

JUMP-STARTING CREATIVITY WITH MUSICBrought to you by Patti Rodriguez

When students are asked to write a story or poem, some complain they don’t know where or how to beginMusic can serve as a source of inspirationMusic can stimulate images and feelings and igniting storylines to pursue

You can ask students to pretend they are film producers and that they are to create a storyline using music only.Show them examples like, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf & Disney’s Fantasia

Thank you for listening!