Solfege and Sonority

Solfege and Sonority is a guide for teaching music literacy in a choral rehearsal, with a focus on the needs of teachers who work with young singers. The book lays out teaching sequences for melodic and rhythmic concepts, lesson plans, and concise strategies for introducing key techniques. The individual lessons themselves are short (no more than 4-6 minutes each) and comprehensive, encouraging singers to develop a literacy of rhythm and melody together. In 18 easy-to-use lessons for teachers and conductors and tying the lessons to the teacher's current repertoire, longtime choral director and teacher David J. Xiques has created a practical and viable solution to the challenges of many conductors, as well as providing a much-needed manual for upper-level choral pedagogy courses. The comprehensive companion website provides access to videos of exercises, worksheets, and teaching materials.

Autorentext

David J. Xiques is Associate Professor of Music in the School of Music and Dance at San Francisco State University. A Kodály specialist and a professional tenor, he is also a frequent choral clinician and presenter at professional music conferences.

Zusammenfassung
Solfege and Sonority is a guide for teaching music literacy in a choral rehearsal, with a focus on the needs of teachers who work with young singers. The book lays out teaching sequences for melodic and rhythmic concepts, lesson plans, and concise strategies for introducing key techniques. The individual lessons themselves are short (no more than 4-6 minutes each) and comprehensive, encouraging singers to develop a literacy of rhythm and melody together. In 18 easy-to-use lessons for teachers and conductors and tying the lessons to the teacher's current repertoire, longtime choral director and teacher David J. Xiques has created a practical and viable solution to the challenges of many conductors, as well as providing a much-needed manual for upper-level choral pedagogy courses. The comprehensive companion website provides access to videos of exercises, worksheets, and teaching materials.

Inhalt

Introduction Music Vocabulary Building a Foundation Lesson 1: Teaching drm Lesson 2: Introducing the treble clef and letter names Lesson 3A: Teaching quarter note and two eighth notes Lesson 3B: Teaching quarter note, 2 eighth notes and quarter rest Lesson 4: Combining melody and rhythm on the staff Lesson 5A: Teaching s Lesson 5B: Teaching fs together Pause and Reminders Lesson 6: Teaching half note Lesson 7: Teaching whole note Lesson 8: Teaching l Lesson 9: Teaching f Lesson 10: Teaching four sixteenth notes Lesson 11: Teaching high d Lesson 12: Teaching eighth note and 2 sixteenth notes Lesson 13: Teaching low l Lesson 14: Teaching t Lesson 15: Teaching dotted quarter note and eighth note Lesson 16: Teaching dotted eighth note and sixteenth note Lesson 17: Teaching low s Lesson 18: Teaching Minor Appendix Publishers and scores Credits About the author