Supplementary Musicianship Exercises for Chapter 9 Sight Singing Melodies and Rhythms 1. Silently read each example with rhythm syllables while tapping the beat. 2. Silently read each example with rhythm syllables while conducting. 3. Clap the rhythm and say the rhythm syllables. 4. Clap the rhythm and count using numbers. 5. Make a pitch inventory of all of the notes. 6. Sing the pitch inventory with solfège syllables and letter names. 7. Sing the musical example with solfège syllables. Hungarian Major/minor Melody Hungarian Folk Song

Aki szep lanyt akar venni Hungarian Folk Song

Neihardt von Reuenrhal

Sweet William

Come to the Land

When Jesus Wept William Billings (1746-1800)

Slovak Folk Song

Toembai

Hungarian Canon

French Folk Song

English Folk Song

Dona Dona Israeli Song

For Thy Gracious Blessing

Sing as written in natural minor. Then alter the next to the last note and sing in harmonic minor.

The Miller of Dee Traditional English Folk Song

E Major Piano Sonata Mvt. 2 L. van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Minuet W. A. Mozart ( 1756-1791)

Little Fugue in G minor J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

The following is a score for voice and piano. The first line of music is the introduction.

Sweet William Arranged by Denise Bacon

Improvisation and Composition Practice Composition Exercise 9.1

A. Create a musical composition using the notes of the harmonic minor scale. Model the composition on the structure of Ah Poor Bird.

B. Use two phrases. C. Use the notes of the harmonic minor scale. D. Use duple meter. E. You may include dotted quarter notes and syncopation patterns. F. Provide tempo and dynamic markings for your composition.

Composition Exercise 9.2 Complete the following musical composition. Use the notes of the d minor scale, melodic form. Make certain to end on the tonic note, D.

Composition Exercise 9.3 Complete the following musical composition. Use the notes of the g minor scale, harmonic form. Make certain to end on the tonic note, G.

Be certain to select an appropriate tempo and dynamics for each example that you compose.

Keyboard Practice Keyboard Exercise 9.1 Sing Ah Poor Bird using inner hearing as you play the melody on the keyboard.

A suggested fingering for playing this melody is indicated below.

Keyboard Exercise 9.2 Playing Minor Patterns and Melodies on the Keyboard 1. Play Now Good Night in a minor. 2. Play Now Good Night in the parallel major key

Play Now Good Night in the relative major key.

Keyboard Exercise 9.3 Practicing Harmonic Minor Scales Sing solfège syllables as you play the following scales.

Melodic Minor Patterns and Melodies Keyboard Exercise 9.4 Playing Melodic Minor Scales and Arpeggios. Sing with solfège syllables as you play the following scales. A minor

E minor

B minor

F# minor

C# minor

G# minor

D# minor

D minor

G minor

C minor

F minor

Ensemble Practice Ensemble Practice Exercise 9.1 Sing the following music examples. Canon L. Cherubini (1760-1842) 1. 2.

Sing through the Cherubini Canon. When you reach the end, return to the beginning and sing the first measure and end on the first beat of measure two.

Krieger

Who Killed Cock Robin Arranged by Denise Bacon

Sweet William Arranged by Denise Bacon

Hushabye Arranged by Denise Bacon

Canoe Song Arranged by Denise Bacon