Solfege Week 38 ( 16 sept. )
Homework:
- This week we focus on a song that is a vocalese of a James Moody tune 'Moody's mood for love' by the great George Benson. During the year we will sing a lot of scatsolo's. When singing these solos it's important to copy exactly the feel, rhythm and timing of the artist. After being able to sing the whole solo by heart, try to write it down phrase by phrase. Parts of certain solos in a certain tonality will be part of the exam. The separate phrases of George's scat and the chords of the tune are in this folder.
Other exercises you can do: sing the bassnotes and arpeggios, analyse chords by ear (II-V's), listen to the tensions used in the chords, sing and write down the topline of the strings.
- Singing target notes is almost the same exercise as the longnote practice but now you have to sing (for instance) Root, 3rd, Root 7th, Root 3rd of a II - V - I.
- Study intervals with songs you know
'Music and Notation'
page 13 - 19, Key signatures, Interval recognition (Harmony 1 Workbook)
page 16 - 23 (Study Supplement Harmony 1 & 2) / / Artusi 'Fundamentals of music' (read textbook, work the problemset)
Notation of Rhythm
What is Rhythm? An introduction
Notation topics, tapping rhythms.
Class: Try to correct the notation of these rhythms.
Transposing instruments
Ranges and transposition of instruments
Why are there transposing instruments
Intervals:
What is an interval, how to name and build intervals
How to listen to, recognize and write intervals
More tips about singing intervals
Simplifying difficult intervals
Analysis
Looking at scores in different formats and styles
Piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIU70B6K7Ls
Symfonic orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah3mcaRpc9Q
String quartet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieRQyyPowH0
Leadsheet: 'Darn that dream', https://open.spotify.com/track/1KHtiTHpq1qpe3qTshUOXB?si=51b5b260f67845c1
Piano vocal score: Randy Newman - 'Sail away', https://open.spotify.com/track/0ySB245mUacvFImmooEzuk?si=30a9cd3ddfe24c9d