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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Preparing music for an occasion

In this short 3 weeks Unit we will be working towards getting a choir performance of 'Deck the hall' ready for cellebrating christmas in our school.
If we work collaborative as a group and be responsible towards our own development as a chorist, we shall succeed (besides, the arrangement is a very simple one).

These are the topics that I planned to go briefly during lessons:

Singing: 


  • Breathing (keep it natural and fluid) 
  • Tone quality (close to speech level) 
  • Intonation (nobody is tone deaf, we will look at some strategies to develop and improve intonation in particular cases - if applicable) 
  • Section rehearsal (isolated practice within a group section) 
  • Maintaining a part wile rehearsing (soprano & alto, tenor & bass; full choir practice) 


Score reading: 


  • Score overview 
  • Tempo markings 
  • Choir staff 
  • Accidentals 
  • Time signature 
  • Rehearsal marks 
  • Reading notes 
  • Phrasing 
  • Breathing marks 
  • Repeats 


These are the resources we will be using in lessons: 


Deck the Hall - Score


Thursday, November 14, 2013

Sound Design - Lesson 1 - Making a Trumpet Sound

  1. Download the folder 'Sound design - lesson 1' to your desktop
  2. Open Reason Essentials and import the midi file 'trumpet' into a new project
  3. Replace the default ID8 device for a Subtractor
  4. Open the synthesizer browser and load the patch 'Full reset'
https://drive.google.com/a/stnicholas.com.br/file/d/0B8CbRWWIHf-7VVdVWHo1U1htems/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/a/stnicholas.com.br/file/d/0B8CbRWWIHf-7UlQ4Z3Jkb2VPaGM/edit?usp=sharing

Trumpet FX section: