Beginning Voice Class, Part 2 (Ages 4-7)
In this 8-week online course, students will build on the singing and musicianship skills begun in Beginning Voice Class.
Amber M McCullough
Average rating:
4.7
Number of reviews:(50)
What's included
8 live meetings
4 in-class hoursHomework
1-2 hours 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 the concepts of head voice and chest voice and sing with correct posture, belly breathing, and supported long tones in both voices. Students will learn how to match pitches, sing high/low and up/down tones. Students will practice more intricate rhythm patterns. Students will learn the "La" and "Fa" steps and sing them in songs. Students will begin to read music notation. Students will sing songs in more than one key. Students will learn how to prepare a song for performance with others. (story, words, melody, actions) Week 1: Copy Cat game "La-So-Mi-Do" melody sequence Cuckoo Bird song Adding rests to quarter note and eighth note rhythms Week 2: "La-So-Mi-Do" melody sequence and solfege positions My Robot song Copy Cat game Week 3: Introduction to head voice "Rockets" warmup Sing My Robot and Sameer the Snake in chest voice and head voice Week 4: Continue head voice singing "Airplanes" warmup Freddy the Fire Truck Cuckoo Bird My Robot Week 5: Head voice and chest voice Learn "Raindrops" song Add motions to "Sameer the Snake" Week 6: Connecting head and chest voices "La-So-Fa-Mi-Do" melody sequence and solfege positions Read rhythms on worksheets Week 7: Read and chant rhythms on worksheets Learn "Ring Around the Rosie" Perform Raindrops, My Robot, and Cuckoo Bird Week 8: Copy Cat Game for pitches and rhythms Practice Ring Around the Rosie Practice our other songs Week 9: Sing all our songs with motions: Sameer the Snake Buzzing Bees Freddy the Fire Truck Cuckoo Bird My Robot Raindrops Ring Around the Rosie
Learning Goals
Students will learn singing and musicianship in the following areas:
Ear-Training:
-Matching pitches over one octave between middle C and high C
-Sing back melodic sequences with the solfege syllables Do, Mi, Fa, So, La
Sing a song in chest voice(key of C) and head voice(key of G).
Rhythm:
-Clap or step to the beat of beginning-level songs
-repeat back rhythm sequences
Sight-Reading
-melody and rhythm exercises
Technique:
-Belly breathing
-Maintain a single pitch for 10 seconds
-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 28 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-7
3-6 learners per class
