Treble Concert Choir December 1, 2020

Objective: To introduce what a dotted quarter note is so students can identify and perform the
rhythm. Students will continue to work on “An Irish Blessing” and “A Letter From A Girl to the
World” in order to complete virtual performances.

Standards:

HCB.4: The student will formulate and justify personal responses to music.

a) Describe personal criteria used for determining the quality of a work of music or
importance of a musical style.

b) Explain preferences for different works of music using music terminology

HCB.12 The student will demonstrate music literacy.

a) Identify the components of a vocal score.

b) Read and count rhythmic patterns.

e) Sight-sing eight-measure, stepwise melodic patterns using scale degrees 1 through

5 of a major scale, with appropriate solmization.

HCB.14 The student will demonstrate vocal techniques and choral skills.

a) Use proper posture and breathing techniques for choral singing that support vocal
production.

c) Develop vocal agility and range by singing appropriate vocal exercises.

d) Demonstrate proper diction (e.g., pure vowel sounds, diphthongs, consonants).

f) Sing an assigned vocal part in an ensemble.

Outline:

1. Listening Example
2. Agenda
3. Warm Ups
 4. Dotted Quarter Note Explanation
5. Dotted Quarter Note Sight Singing
6. Letter from a Girl to the World measures 41-48 (new)
7. Letter from a Girl to the World measures 33-48 (review)
8. Pear Deck Irish Blessing Measures 1-16
9. Sectionals Irish Blessing Measures 1- 16
10. All together Irish Blessing Measures 1 - 16

Procedures:

1. Listening Example
a. Anything Goes from Anything Goes by Cole Porter
b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3b5XRd15KM
c. What is different from some of the more modern musical clips we have watched?
d. This is a revival of a musical, anybody know what a revival is?
e. What was something you enjoyed about the clip
2. Agenda
3. Warm Ups
a. Lip Buzzes DRMFDFMRD (up)
b. Nnn Hum D-S-D (Down)
c. I love to Sing (up)
d. Oh No (Down)
e. Vi Vo Vooo
4. Dotted Quarter Note Explanation
a. Use Powerpoint
b. How many beats does it get? 1.5
c. How do we say it when counting? 1..
d. It’s normally paired with an eighth note
e. Broken down to 3 eighth notes tied together
5. Dotted Quarter Note Sight Reading (slide 2)
6. Letter From A Girl to the World measuress 41 - 48
 a. Everyone be an Alto
i. Acknowledge the dotted quarter notes
ii. Sing once on neutral syllable
iii. Chant once on text
iv. Sing once on text
b. Everyone be a Soprano
i. Sing once on neutral syllable
ii. Chant once on text
iii. Sing once on text
7. Letter from A Girl to the World measures 33 -48
a. Soprano
i. Sopranos sing with me, if your an alto try to sing your harmony
underneath
b. Alto
i. Altos sing with me, if you are a soprano try to sing your harmony.

8. Irish Blessing Peardeck (10 Minutes)

a. Students will have 10 minutes to write in their solfege syllables from measures 1 -
16.
9. Irish Blessing Sectionals (10 Minutes)
a. Review Solfege Syllables
b. Review Pitches
10. Irish Blessing Review
a. Measures 1-16
i. Soprano
1. Sight Sing on Solfa
ii. Alto
1. Sight Sing on Solfa

iii. Soprano
1. Sing on Text
iv. Alto
1. Sing on Text