Kodály Singing and Ear Training Unit Three, Ages 7-10
In the unit three course, students will learn to sing, identify, and dictate all members of the major scale in the keys of F and C, will learn new dotted rhythm patterns, and will continue to learn folk songs.
Margot G Murdoch, Ph.D.
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4.9
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What's included
8 live meetings
6 in-class hoursHomework
Students should practice with the recordings 4-5 times a week.Assessment
An informal assessment will be given at week eight.Class Experience
In this eight week music course, each lesson we will follow a five-part structure of technique, playback/dictation, sight-singing, rhythm and song learning and performance. Students will learn to sing and dictate scale members "fa and ti" and learn to sing in tune half-steps required for these notes. We will continue to practice hand signs and will work to memorize the sound of every scale member in relation to our tonal center. Students will hear a phrase, and then either try to play it back on their instrument of sign it back in hand signs. Students will continue to learn to read notes on the staff, always singing as we read. Students will continue to increase lung capacity, and will learn about different vocal registers and how to make smooth transitions between them. Vocal eases in this term will focus on relaxed phonation and this register blending skill. We will be learning a few solfege canons that can be sung with a recording. In rhythm, we will focus on dotted rhythms in simple meter this term, still using our “ta, ti, too.” We will be learning three "performance songs." We will work on these for more than one week. Songs by Week Week One: "Whistle Daughter, Whistle" and "Shenandoah" Week Two: "Skipping Rope Song" and "Shenandoah" Week Three: "The Tree in the Wood" and "Hauptmann Canon" Week Four: "Mama Lama" and "Hauptmann Canon" Week Five: "Charlotte Town" and "Shenandoah" Week Six: "Cheribini Canon" and "Simple Gifts" Week Seven: "All Through the Night" and "Hauptmann Canon" Week Eight: "Rio Grande" and "Simple Gifts"
Learning Goals
Students can demonstrate knowledge of hand signs and staff placement for all major scale notes in the keys of C and F. Students will understand dotted rhythms in simple meter. Students will be able to sing several folk songs from memory, some with hand signs.
Other Details
Supply List
Students will print out a little workbook for this class. They should have the one octave xylophone from unit one in class.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined July, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Hello! I am excited to be bringing some singing, musicianship, and core curriculum classes to Outschool. I hold a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Utah and some prior degrees and training: a Masters, a Bachelor, and Kodaly training. I have logged over 2,000 hours as an online music tutor and ESL teacher over the last three years and before that, I taught music theory and musicianship at two universities, one high school, and two music businesses over a 15 year period. I also work as a freelance composer writing instrumental and opera music. One of my main gigs is writing and musically producing children's operas for the Utah Opera Outreach Program. I get to visit schools and compose with kids, then take their melodies home and produce accompaniment music. These songs help students retain information so easily and I love singing about science, math, and social studies!
I have practiced my internet-lesson-attention-keeping-finesse with hundreds of students ages four to sixteen and have methods that work for each age group. I have three kids of my own, aged 8-13. One son was diagnosed with high functioning autism and another with ADHD, so I understand that not all children learn the same way. No matter your child's abilities, I will try to make your child smile at least once each lesson.
Even though I hold a Ph.D., I'm still very much a kid at heart and approach the classroom with a sense of humor and whimsy. The most important thing I want to instill in my students is confidence in their ability to learn.
I hope to see you in the classroom! Reviews
Live Group Class
$104
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
45 min
Completed by 19 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-11
3-7 learners per class
