Session #8B -- Year 1 J/I Music:

Thursday, April 02, 2020

Disney Medley (UMass Amherst Doo Wop Shop A Cappella group)

WARM-UP ACTIVITY:

Topic:

10INCREDIBLEMANSIONS

OFTHERICHANDFAMOUS

Listening Log:

What’s In A Name?

Do you know the names

of these popular songs?

MUSICAL MOVEMENT

Will Be Embedded

in our Vocal Workshop

SessionOutline• Warm-Up

• ListeningActivity

• TheHumanVoice

• ABriefHistoryofSinging

• WhyDoWeSing?

• TheBenefitsofSinging

• Singing&TeachinginthePJClassroom

• TheDemiseofOurSingingVoice

• Warm-UpsBeforeSinging(BreathingExercises)

• VocalWarm-Ups

• SingingSongs

TheHumanVoiceFrom:http://aliveeastbay.com/archives/the-voice-the-first-instrument/

• Thehumanvoicesetsusasidefromallother

creaturesonearthandiscertainlyoneofthe

definingaspectsofbeinghuman.

• Thevoice’sabilitytochangepitchorsing,is

thefirst,oldest,andmosthighlydeveloped

andsophisticatedofallmusicalinstruments.

“Thereisnohuman

culture,nomatterhow

remoteorisolated,

thatdoesnotsing.”

JohnKoopman(1999)ABRIEFHISTORYOFSINGINGandUNSUNGSONGS.

Source:https://www2.lawrence.edu/fast/KOOPMAJO/antiquity.html

POWWOWNativeNorthAmericanIndiandrumcircle,VancouverCanadahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP_yCM4FdPw

AfricanKalahariTraditionalMusic- TribalWarChanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGoAtIfVQiA

InuitSongOntheshoresofCanada'sArcticBay,twoteenageInuitgirlssingatraditionalmelody.

Theirfriendkeepsthebeatwithaqilaut,adrummadeofstretchedcaribouskin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu0cQNB6UE4

ABriefHistoryofSinging

“Inthebeginning

wasthevoice.

Voiceissounding

breath,theaudible

signoflife.”

OttoJespersen,Language,ItsNature,DevelopmentandOrigin

CaveMenLovedToSingFrom:https://www.livescience.com/2647-cave-men-loved-sing.html

• Ancienthunterspaintedthesectionsoftheircave

dwellingswheresinging,hummingandmusic

soundedbest,anewstudysuggests.

• Analyzingthefamous,ochre-splashedcavewalls

ofFrance,themostdenselypaintedareaswere

alsothosewiththebestacoustics,thescientists

found.

• Hummingintosomebendsinthewalleven

producedsoundsmimickingtheanimalspainted

there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKfoitRvQeE

CaveMenLovedToSingFrom:https://www.livescience.com/2647-cave-men-loved-sing.html

• Withonlydulllightavailablefromatorch,whichcouldn't

becarriedintoverynarrowpassages,theancienthunters

hadtousetheirvoiceslikesonartoexplorethecrooks

andcranniesofanewfoundcave.Thisisknownas

echolocation

Source:https://www.quora.com/Can-echolocation-give-you-depth-perception

Singingcanbe

tracedbackto

manyancient

cultures,suchas

Japan,China,

India,Mexico

(Mayan

civilization),

andEgypt.MusicinancientEgypt.

• ThechorusinClassicalGreekdramawasagroupof

actorswhodescribedandcommenteduponthemain

actionofaplaywithsong,dance,andrecitation.

• Greektragedyhaditsbeginningsinchoralperformances,

inwhichagroupof50mendancedandsangdithyramb--

lyrichymnsinpraiseofthegodDionysus.

AncientGreekChorus

SingingintheWesternTradition

Orestes,StasimonChorus:

ModernRecreationofanAncientGreekChorushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7RHLaCPuCQ

TheancientJewishtraditionofchanting

phasedintothebeginningofChristianity.

• EarlyChristianchantingevolvedintothe

“GoldenAgeofMelody”(theMedievalAges--

500-1450)whereMonophony dominated,

meaningonevoiceoronepart.

• ThiswasthemusicdesignatedasPlainSong,

PlainChantorGregorianChant.

• Thismusicwasnotwrittenuntilthemonksof

theMiddleAgeswrotemusicdowninanearly

formofnotation.

• Thismusicwassacred andliturgical innature.

Pagefromachoir

bookknownasthe

Camaldolese

Gradual,

attributedto

SimonedaSiena,

Florence,Italy,

about1380.

RecordingsbytheRoyalCollege

ofMusic,London:UK.http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/chants-

from-a-choirbook-from-florence/

AnotherExampleofGregorianChant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5AohCMX0U

• Mostmusicduringthe

MedievalErawas

sacred,buttherewas

somesecular music

duringthistime

performedbythe

Troubadours inFrance

andtheMeistersingers

inGermany.

• Theywerealsoknown

aswanderingminstrels

thatwentfromtownto

townperformingforfor

money.MedievalTroubadoursfromFrance

http://www.trebuchet-

magazine.com/troubadours-sufism-robert-

graves/

MedievalFranceJaufreRudel,XIIsiécle

TroubadourArsAntiguahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYfImZQ76wc

• TheRenaissance(1450-1600)wasthe“Golden

AgeofPolyphony”meaning“morethanone

voiceorpart.”

• Thisismusicwrittenfortwo,three,fourormore

parts,andisthebasisformodern-dayvocal

arrangements.

ItaliancomposerGiovanni

PierluigidaPalestrina (1525-94)

wasasignificantcomposerof

sacredvocalmusicandhiswork

hasoftenbeenseenasthe

“culminationofRenaissance

polyphony.”

“AgnusDei” (FromPopeMarcellusMass)byPalestrina

1562

Noticethedifferentvocalparts(polyphony).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27lMWLLF4Yc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZEtVbJT5c

“HallelujahChorus”fromHandel'sMessiah composedin

1742andperformedbyTheRoyalChoralSociety

“TriumphalMarch” from

GiuseppeVerdi’sOperaAida composedin1870.

1:19https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns_xsduwI-E

FromtheRenaissancePerioduntilmodernday,vocal

musichasevolvedintomanydifferentstylesandgenres.

“VestilaGiubba”(PutontheCostume)sungbyRobertoAlagna

fromtheoperaPagliacci composedbyR.Leoncavalloin1892https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NVRhgOFDvM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw_-uZ0Lqps

Mr.Sandman(composedbyPatBallardin1954)

performedbyDisneyland'sBarbershopQuartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr0fW_sEgms

TheSupremes: “ComeSeeAboutMe”(ACapellaextraction):

TheEdSullivanShow,Dec.27,1964

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht63ljk__Qg

DixieChicks

“WalkDownThatLonesomeRoad”(live,ACapella)

ACapellaSoul(StreetPerformersinNewYorkCity)

perform“TheLionSleepsTonight”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkTi9T7Tg_w

"Singlikenoone'slistening.”

MarkTwain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd-JloD4bwging

Caught

Singingin

theShower

Expresses

Human

Emotion

Natural

Partofthe

Human

Experience

SoMany

More

Reasons!

Positively

Affects

Mood

Itis

anArt

Form

Physically

Healthyto

Sing(Stress

Release)

ItisBoth

Personal

andSocial

Formof

Prayer&

Worship

WhyDo

WeSing?

Improves

MentalHealth

ArtDefines

Civilization

AllReligions

Sing

LoveGone

Right/Wrong

Reduces

Cortisol

Canyouthink

ofareason?

Source:https://takelessons.com/blog/vocal-health-infographic-z02

133Million

Results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9eMZY119k

Singing&TeachinginthePJClassroom

Singingisnaturalpartoflearningforkids

i.e.gamesandnurseryrhymes

WeAreAllBornSingersand

NotAfraidToSingAsaChild

Yet,somewherealongtheline,mostofus

(about85%)becometooembarrassedtosing.

How,When,andWhyDoesThisHappen?

Child Adult

Innocence?

Imagination?

Courage?

Fearlessness?

Ignorance?

Adventurous?

Daring?

Embarrassment?

Shame?

Indignity?

Humiliation?

Fearfulness?

Cowardice?

Bashfulness?

TheDemiseof

OurSingingVoice

(85%ofPopulation)

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BeforeWeWarm-UpandSing...

• WithYouTubeandotherfreeonline

resources,therehasneverbeenan

easiertimeforageneralistteacherto

teachvocalmusic.

• Therearethousandsofbackingtracks

(warm-upexercisesandrepertoire)for

classroomteachers.

• Beingabletosingandplayan

instrumentisreallynotnecessary

forthegeneralistclassroom

teachertoteachvocalmusic.

ProperWarm-UpsBeforeSinging

• Singingisaveryathleticandphysically

demandingendeavour

• Athleteswarm-upbeforepracticingorplayinga

game,andsingersshouldalsowarmupbefore

practicingandperforming

FirstWarm-Up:BreathingExercises

•Normalbreathinginvolvesashallow

inhalationandanevenexhalation

followedbyapausebeforeitall

startsagain.

•Butwhenyousing,breathcontrol

meanstakingyourbreathingoff

autopilot.

FirstWarm-Up:BreathingExercises

• Younotonlyneedtoinhalequickly

andexhaleslowlyasyousingthe

phrasesofasong,butyoualsoneed

tomaintainproperposture.

• Sincecontrolledbreathingdoesn’t

comenaturallytoyou,youneedto

trainyourbodytobreatheforsinging.

InhaleQuickly

ThroughNose

ExhaleSlowly

Through

Mouth

InhaleThroughNose &ExhaleThroughMouth

BodyTransformationWhileBreathing

VocalWarm-Ups:UnderstandingtheHumanVoice

UnderstandingVocalRanges

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups:Vowels

AEIOU

AscendingonCMajorScale

DescendingonCMajorScale

MixUp

Rhythms

Standard

Rhythm

4

4

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups

ConsonantsinFrontofVowels

BayBeeByeBoBuAscendingonCMajorScale

DescendingonCMajorScale

MixUp

Rhythms

Use

Standard

Rhythm

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups

AscendingonCMajorScale

DescendingonCMajorScale

DoubleConsonantsinFrontofVowels

FlayFleeFlyFlowFlu

MixUp

Rhythms

Use

Standard

Rhythm

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups

TripleConsonantsinFrontofVowels

SpraySpreeSprySproSpru

AscendingonCMajorScale

DescendingonCMajorScale

MixUp

Rhythms

Use

Standard

Rhythm

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups

MajorTriadUsing

Vowels&ConsonantsinFrontofVowels

CEGECAscendingonCMajorTriad

DescendingonCMajorTriad

MixUp

Rhythms

Use

Standard

Rhythm

LaLaLaLaLa

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups

MinorTriadUsing

Vowels&ConsonantsinFrontofVowels

CEb GEb C

DescendingonCMinorTriad

AscendingonCMinorTriad

MixUp

Rhythms

Use

Standard

Rhythm

Oh.OhOhOhOh

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups:MajorTriadWithOctave

Vowels&ConsonantsinFrontofVowels

CEGCGEC

AscendingonCMajorTriad

DescendingonCMajorTriad

MixUp

Rhythms

3

4

.

StandardRhythm

SimpleVocalWarm-Ups:MinorTriadWithOctave

Vowels&ConsonantsinFrontofVowels

CEbGCGEbC

AscendingonCMajorTriad

DescendingonCMajorTriad

MixUp

Rhythms

3

4

.

StandardRhythm

TonsofWarm-UpsonYouTube

Ilikewww.verbavocal.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-o7vsiBJs

Exercise#1:

1:47

Let’sSingaSong!

RowRowRowYourBoat:InUnison

RowRowRowYourBoat

GentlyDowntheStream

Merrily,Merrily,Merrily,Merrily

LifeisButaDream

RowRowRowYourBoat:

AddingMusicalElements

RowRowRowYourBoat

GentlyDowntheStream

Merrily,Merrily,Merrily,Merrily

LifeisButaDream

RowRowRowYourBoat:

AsaRound:3Groups

RowRowRowYourBoat

GentlyDowntheStream

Merrily,Merrily,Merrily,

Merrily

LifeisButaDream

RowRowRowYourBoat

GentlyDowntheStream

Merrily,Merrily,Merrily,

Merrily

LifeisButaDream

RowRowRowYourBoat

GentlyDowntheStream

Merrily,Merrily,Merrily,

Merrily

LifeisButaDream

Group#1

Group#2

Group#3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5jx1EarkDM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70eCHHov6UA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Nw3lchVcE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLTA47xbpDI