HASHIVENU Choral music experience begins with melodic singing. Through melodic repertory the student develops confidence in the sound of the singing voice and his/her ability to skilfully reproduce the musical idea, The focus remains on the artistie function of the vocal instrument and the expressive qualities of the music. Successful part singing develops from the important foundation of expressive unison singing. Imitative, contrapuntal material, like canons and rounds, are a naturally musical way to begin part singing. Each line remains a complete musical idea: each student sings a complete musical phrase. ‘The student's focus must remain on the music rather than the “parts.” The vale of choral music experi- cence is the music, not the “part.” Beginning in Song. Simple unison and canon singing is a natural way to begin ensemble experience. Students should be familiar with a variety of simple, melodic songs and canons which they can sing 10 begin rehearsal. Starting in song encourages musicel expression. Attention goes directly to the music ‘A musical attitude develops more naturally from making music than from talking about music. As the ging voice artfully develops through melodic singing, he intensity of the student’s musical response increases, When the ensemble successfully practices and produces the canon melody, they are ready to move to the greater challenge of the fuller sonority of part singing Teaching Sequence. First, the music should be sung so the students experience the up and down, the Jong and short of the musical ideas. The students should then be encouraged to describe the music and identify the melodic, zhythmic and harmonic characteristics of the piece. After identifying the ‘musical characteristics of the song, the students should again perform the music uninterrupted. This teaching sequence provides a whole-partwhole format: [A] produce the music, [B] practice and describe the music, (A] perform the music. Through participation and musical understanding, the student can respond musically and perform artistically. In the initial stages of learning, the accompanied. melody (Hashivens, Version 1) should be used until the young singers fee] musically confident. When the singers successfully perform in unison, they will be ready for two-and three-part canon perfor ‘mance (Version 2). Musical Experience, In choral music, the element of text binds the musical qualities of pitch and rhythm into a cohesive, expressive form. Choral music experience begins with an understanding of text, the vowels and consonants which shape melody, rhythm and harmony. Musical response and artistic performance depends upon the application of vocal technique and diction principles to the ‘musical qualities and their expressive form, Text—Diction*flashiven” is a melodic and hauntingly beautiful Hebrew song, The sound and mean- ing of the text is fundamental to the expressiveness of the rong. The Hse and fall of the melody is catried by the vowel qualities. The long and short rhythmic values are sustained and articulated by the consonants, 1, HASHIVENU, ADONAT ELEGHA (Cause us to return Lord, to You) 2. VENASHUVA, (and we shall return) 5. CHADESH YAMEINU KEKEDEM (Renew our days of old) HASHIVENY [a] li sstress in v before [e] (different from speech pronunciation); [u] ADQNAI ELECHA, fs tel: Tat roti ae al — not to much ton) [ses avons” (0 VENASHUVA, stress the v before [e]; stress the ‘sh’ before [u stress the final v before [3] CHADESH “'hroaey" C before [als (el: sh should be heard YAMEINU KEKEDEM 4 funvoiced) before (a] stress ‘m’ before [e]; [ul shard k before [e] Je]; final m should ‘ving? ‘See the “Diction Guide” in The Young Singing Voice, Volume 5HASHIVENU ocr BAO PROPERTY OI CASCADE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC; I Lamentations V, 21 Sustained = 46 IASHIVENU Version 2 ‘Canon in (Wo oF three parts* Israeli Folk Sone bitited by Doreen Rao desh ya = mei-ma keke > dem, +The version n canon may be performed unaccompanied, or with the keyboard accompaniment of the unison version. ‘Copyright 1987 by Rooney & Hawkes, Ie Copy for catatsee Agha reseed ocrB6130 Printed in USA.yo mel-nu ke = ke ves oma shu Fs shu ee rs rr er ee = =a = (exc cho dosh ya 9 = a = SS oe pe aann 4 ie ota es oF Sj octasiz0