Beginning Voice Class, Part 1 (Ages 4-7)
In this 8-week online course, students will gain a solid foundation in singing technique and musicianship.
Amber M McCullough
Average rating:
4.7
Number of reviews:(50)
What's included
8 live meetings
4 in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. Students will be expected to practice the material they learned in class approximately 10 minutes a day.Class Experience
We will learn with exercises, songs, and games. Students will be introduced to basic singing technique including correct posture, belly breathing, and supported long tones. Students will learn how to match pitches, sing high/low and up/down tones. Students will learn to keep a steady beat in 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures with chanting, clapping, and stepping. Students will learn how to prepare a song for performance with others. (story, words, melody, actions) Students will learn the "Do-Mi-So" triad and identify it in songs. Students will learn to read quarter notes and eighth notes. Week 1: Hello Friends greeting song, Standing up straight, Belly breathing Sameer the Snake- warmup song and breath control Motorboat game for Breath Control Week 2: Hello Friends greeting song, Keeping a steady beat, Matching pitches Sameer the Snake- warmup song and breath control Week 3: Sameer the Snake- warmup song and breath control Motorboat game for Breath control, Keeping a steady beat, Rockets game for warming up full vocal range Week 4: Songs - Hello Friends, Sameer the Snake, Buzzing Bees Games - Matching pitches, Airplane, Motorboat Week 5: Hello Friends Freddy the Firetruck song - "Fire Engine" vocal exercise Solfege - "So" and "Mi" syllables Buzzing Bees song Goodbye song Week 6: Hello Friends Solfege - "So-Mi-Do" Syllables Freddy the Firetruck - introduction to 3/4 time Buzzing Bees Song Goodbye Song Week 7: Hello Friends Cuckoo Song - "Do-Mi-So" triad Copy Cat game - rhythm patterns, "Do-Mi-So" triad Goodbye Song Week 8: Hello Friends Cuckoo Song Copy Cat game Freddy the Firetruck Buzzing Bees Song Goodbye Song
Learning Goals
Students will learn singing and musicianship in the following areas:
Ear-Training:
-Matching pitches played for them
-Introduction to Solfege: Do, Mi, Fa, So, La
Rhythm:
-Clap or step to the beat of beginning-level songs
-sing or clap rhythms played to the student
Sight-Reading
Technique:
-Belly breathing
-Tone production with humming and buzzing, progressing to singing an open vowel
-High-voice and low-voice registers
Performance of solo and group songs for the class
Other Details
Supply List
Singing Lessons for Little Singers, available here: https://www.amazon.com/Singing-Lessons-Little-Singers-Beginner/dp/1470023261
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
We will refer to Singing Lessons for Little Singers throughout the class
Joined April, 2020
4.7
50reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I teach music classes!
How to sing it, how to play it, how to listen to it, how to read it, how to write it.
I've been making music most of my life, from my first piano lessons in grade school, to my Bachelor of Music from the Crane School of Music, to orchestra and choir performances, to a professional music teaching studio.
Music provides a creative outlet for expressing those big feelings that don't easily come out in words. Music study teaches valuable life skills such as focus, patience, and active listening.
“A kid with a music degree isn’t limited to a performance or teaching career. Musicians are everywhere. We are project managers, marketers, Finance folks, IT people and engineers."
~ Liz Ryan, “Let the kids study music, already!” Forbes, September 3, 2014.Reviews
Live Group Class
$72
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
30 min
Completed by 73 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-7
3-6 learners per class
