I have been pretty remiss in addressing some of the things we are doing in choir, so I'll attempt to correct that. Ask your 7th or 8th grader about solfege syllables (you might know them better as that Do, Re, Me song from The Sound of Music). We have been using these syllables to help aid our note reading and our sight singing. I even had one student today who mention that they now get this whole note reading thing. Pretty darn cool!
I also have been hoping and waiting for the technology to show this video about vocal nodules. Every day we work to warm up our voice. This video is a great example of what happens when we don't warm up (just like you would for athletics). The doctor speaking isn't very interesting to listen to, but he has some great information. Hopefully we will be watching it in class very soon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9LKwISwb_c
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