Final Flashcards
Music is a _______ of all children
Characteristics
Chldrens priorities in a kids choir are to sing exciting songs about Gods love to do song filled with_____ to have fun to feel____
Actions
Loved
Singing goals for ages 4-5 are : ______ the singing voice use ___________ singing experience singing games understand the difference between high and low loud and soft fast and low become aware of good______ and to reproduce short melodic patterns and songs within the signing range
Discover
conversation
Posture
Singing goals for ages 6-8 singing with an open ____ sing in the ____ voice start and stop together sing in correct vowels and consonants use good _____ become aware of using a “______ _______” to sing musical phrases reproduce additional melodic patterns and songs within the singing range sing scale melodies in tune
Mouth
Head
Posture
Singers breath
_______ is an instant killer
Disorganization
(6) things, how to teach a new songs:
- Have the children ____first
- Teach the _____ of all the words work on _____
- Teach the words _____ teaching the melody speak the words in _____ and have the children echo
- Teach the ____ last breaking is down in phrases
- Send a recording home before the first practice
- If using a keyboard play just the ____not chords
1 listen 2 meaning, pronounce-action 3 before, rhythm 4 melody 5 6 melody
Do not push for ____ with ages 4-8 or they will end up screaming work more with ______ and ______
Volume
Pitch
Rhythm
Proper sitting posture includes seated forward in the chair back ___ shouldered ____ rib cage high feet flat on the floor hands resting on the _____
Straight
Relaxed
Knees
Proper standing posture includes feet slightly apart back ____ knees not looked shoulders relaxed hands loose at sides chin ____ to the floor
Straight
Parallel
Children need lots of ____ with microphones to become familiar
Practice
Practice lineup entrance and ____ well in advance
Exits
While directing pay special attention to entrances and holding out ______ practice these things over and over
Notes
You _____and they will smile!
Smile
If you only have a few children in your choir what can you use to help make mistakes less noticeable
Use sound tracks with voice and background vocals
What is helpful to teach a tricky rhythm Part?
Clap it out with them
What are some east ideas to keep your child choir momentum going well?
- ____ a regular practice time
- ____ people every time they sing
- Do a Christmas or Easter concert or _____
- When doing a musical plan to have ____ practices for speaking parts and choir parts
Schedule
Invite
Musical
Separate
Give the children a recording of the ____ musical because kids will memorize what they hear over and over
Complete
If kids get ____ singing on stage at a young age they will not be nervous when they are teenager and sing in the youth or adult choir
Comfortable
Kids choir gives shy children an ___ ____ ____
Outlet for praise
Performances are an opportunity for friends and family who normally wouldn’t ___ church to come
Visit
Don’t make kids ___ the entire practice
Set
A great idea is to have someone else be in charge of the game and activities so that ___ can have a break from singing
You
Your main goal is to make sure the kids had ___ and learned the ___
Fun
Song
What musical instruction system is Dalcroze known for?
Eurhytmics
With rhythmic education bodily ___are used to represent musical rhythms
Movements
The ____is understood as the original musical instruments
Body
Dalcroze desired eurythmics solfege and improvisation to be ___so that the development of the inner ear inner muscular sense and creative expression can work together
Intertwined
He became a prominent composer and authority on Hungarian ___music
Folk
The method wasn’t invented by Kodaly rather it was ____ by his philosophies and developedby his colleagues and ____
Inspired
Students
Music education is most effective when started ___
Early
The ___is the main musical instrument of this method
Voice
At age __some of his music was already published
16
He spent over 50 years as the head of a department working with musical ____
Beginners
The method’s lessons are presented with an element of ____helping the children learn at their own level of understanding
Play
In the Orff-Schulwerk method ____ concepts are learned through singing chanting dance movement drama and playing percussion instruments
Musical
The parts of the brain associated with sensory and motor function are developed through musical instruction and ______ _____ children have better motor function than nonmusical trained children
Musically trained
Studies have shown that young children who take keyboard lesson have greater abstract reasoning abilities than their peers and these abilities improve over time with _____ training in music
sustained
Musical training develops the region of the brain responsible for verbal memory the recall and retention of _______ words which serves as a foundation for retaining information in all academic subjects
Spoken
Music students who were tested for verbal memory showed a superior recall for ______ as compared to non-music students
Words
Students involved in instrumental music do better in ______, a gateway for later achievement
Algebra
An analysis of 10 years of SAT data revealed that students who took ___years of arts course in high school earned the highest scores on both the verbal and math SAT.
Four
