Singing

Page 1-4

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      If I should lose you (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Hank Mobley’s version

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars in C minor (Form: A) with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10. Extra: sing the tune, alternating melody and bassline, like this:

11. Do these line exercises with If I should lose you:

Scales, 

chords and patterns/

Inversions/

Barry Harris

approach

Singing inversions

Tintinnabuli exercises

In this lesson we talk about the descending halfstep rules on Dominant 7 chords

Barry Haris Descending Dominant rules

Listen to these lines in Moodle

Explained by Bill Graham (video on dominant rules)

1)    Dominant 7 scales (video time: 0:00)

2)    Extra halfsteps (video time: 1:23)

3)    Arps on F7 (video time: 5:18)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the melody of ‘If I should lose you’ and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 37

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 5-6

Choir singing: ‘Yours is my heart alone’

Auditory analysis

with audacity

Scales, 

chords and patterns

• Chordscale exercise  1a8 and 1a3 on short chord vamps (also on Moodle), sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

• Cmaj7-Dbmaj7
• Dominant chords, study all diatonic approachotes for every chordtone

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 38

Artusi

Rhythm

Rhythm vocalisation page 5-7

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 4-5

Scat songs

All of me – Sarah Vaughan

Available on Moodle with Leon Mennen

(Not Domu/C&M)

Singing

Page 7-8

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      Night and day (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Diana Krall’s version

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer, players, label? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a Latin  tune of 16 bars (Form: A) in C minor with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Night and day is _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute note names

7.     Listen to the guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10. Extra: sing the tune, alternating melody and bassline, like this:

11. Do these line exercises with Night and day:

Scales, 

chords and patterns

In this lesson we talk about the Barry Harris rules for Tonic chords

Barry Harris rules for Tonic chords

Explained by Bill Graham’s video on rules for Tonic chords

1)    Halfstep rules (video time: 0:00)

2)    How to practice the rule (video time 5:18)

3)    Starting on any note (video time: 6:30)

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3 on short chord vamps (Also on Moodle), sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Db7  

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  leadsheet  of the SOTW and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, lots of syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 39

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 9-10

Choir singing: ‘Moonglow’

Auditory analysis

With audacity

Scales, 

chords and patterns

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3  on short chord vamps (also in Moodle), sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Ebma7

• 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Dominant chords, all chromatic approachotes for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 40

Impro line exercises

Assignment: Make an embellished guidetone line on Night and day

(we start in class), take it with you on your individual exam

Example workflow:  

Embellished guideline workflow

Nice worked out example, pdf, audio

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 9-11

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 6-7

Scat songs

Review All of me – Sarah Vaughan

Available on Moodle with Leon Mennen

(Not Domu/C&M)

Singing

Page 11-12 (the triad as a skeleton)

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      Nica’s dream (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Art Blakey and his Jazz messengers

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer, players, label? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a Latin  tune of 16 bars (Form: A) in C minor with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Nica’s dream is__________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to the guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10.   11. Do these line exercises with Nica's dream

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Nica’s Dream – Hank Mobley

First listen to his chorus, sightsing or transcribe.

Listen to the great guidetone line

Available on Moodle with leon Mennen

(Not Domu/C&M)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the  leadsheet and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, lots of syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied 

4.     More melodic dictations week 41

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 13-14

Choir singing: ‘In a mellow tone’

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      Stella by starlight (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Miles Davis and John Coltrane or Ella Fitzgerald’s version

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer, players, label? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a Latin  tune of 16 bars (Form: A) in C minor with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Stella by starlight is ______________________________________ _______________________________________________________  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to the guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10.   Extra: Impro Line exercises 

Scales, 

chords and patterns

    7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Dominant chords, all chromatic enclosures for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the leadsheet  and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, lots of syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 43

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rhythm vocalisation page 12-14

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 15-16 

Auditory analysis

with audacity

Scales, 

chords and patterns

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3  on short chord vamps (also in Moodle), sing and play::

Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Eb7

• 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Major 7 chords, all diatonic approachnotes 

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 44

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 15-17

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 8-9

Scat songs

Stella by Starlight  - George Benson

Available on Moodle with leon Mennen

(Not Domu/C&M)

Singing

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      I remember April (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance :Frank Sinatra (with lyrics) Cannonball Adderly’s version or a vocal version by June Christy  Analyse the tune (Composer, players, label? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

2.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a Latin  tune of 16 bars (Form: A) in C minor with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chorbyd, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

I remember April is ______________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.     Listen to the melody or  melody with bass, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

4.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

6.     Listen to the guidetones 1 and 2, sing them  and learn them by heart without looking at the leadsheet

7.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

8.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

9.     Extra: Impro Line exercises 

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the leadsheet  and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, lots of syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 45

Transcription

Review: Stella by Starlight  - George Benson

Available on Moodle with leon Mennen

Chet Baker’s solo on I remember april

(Not Domu/C&M)

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 17-19

Choir singing: ‘I can’t believe that you are in love with me’

Auditory analysis

with audacity

Scales, 

chords and patterns

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3  on short chord vamps (also in Moodle), sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Abmaj7

• 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Major 7 chords, all chromatic approachnotes 

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 46

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 18-20

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 8-9

Scat songs

Review: All of me – Sarah Vaughn

Available on Moodle with leon Mennen

(Not Domu/C&M)

Singing

Page 20-22 (triad skeleton + jumps)

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      Triste (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Antonio Carlos Jobim's version, or Joe Henderson's version

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer, players, label? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a Latin  tune of 16 bars (Form: A) in C minor with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Triste  is_______________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to the guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10. Extra: sing the tune, alternating melody and bassline, like this:

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the melody  and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, lots of syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 47

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 23-24

Choir singing: ‘Days of wine and roses’

Auditory analysis

with audacity

Scales, 

chords and patterns

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3  on short chord vamps (also in Moodle),

sing and play:Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Ab7

7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Major 7 chords, all chromatic enclosures

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 48

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 21-23

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 10-11

Scatsongs

Review 2: Nica’s Dream – Hank Mobley

First listen to his chorus, sightsing or transcribe.

Listen to the great guidetone line

Available on Moodle with leon Mennen

(Not Domu/C&M)

Singing

Page 25-26

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      Green Dolphin street (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: 

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars (Form: A) in C minor with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Green dolphin street is ___________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to guidetone , sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10. Extra: sing the tune, alternating melody and bassline, like this:

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Review 2: Stella by Starlight  - George Benson

Available on Moodle with leon Mennen

(Not Domu/C&M)

Abide with me  - Hank Jones

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the leadsheet  and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, lots of syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 49

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 27-28

Choir singing: ‘My romance’

Auditory analysis

with audacity

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·  

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3  on short chord vamps (also in Moodle),

sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Bbmaj7

7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Minor 7 chords, all diatonic approachnotes

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 50

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 24-26

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 12-13

Singing

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3  on short chord vamps (also in Moodle),

sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Bb7

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Pg. 29-30 (triad skeleton with passing tones)

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·    

• Chordscale exercise 1a8 and 1a3  on short chord vamps (also in Moodle),

sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

Cmaj7-Gbmaj7

7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Minor 7 chords, all chromatic approachnotes

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

Artusi

Rhythm 

tapping

Rhythm vocalisation page 27-29

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 14-15

Singing

Page 31-32

Choir singing: ‘Star eyes’

Scat songs

Tune up – Wes Montgomery

(Not Domu/C&M)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Chordscale exercise 23 on short chord vamps (Moodle), sing  play and transpose:

(Not Domu/C&M)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

Artusi

Rhythm 

tapping

Rhythm vocalisation page 30-32

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Melody:

*SOTW melody patterns Moodle (SOTW semester 1, write standard melodies in different keys), 

*Aldwell melody and bass semester 1 (Unit 1-20) on the  website

*Scat licks semester 1 on the website

Harmony:

*Harmonic level 3 (Moodle) or website

*Chordfunctions  (Unit 1-20), Aldwell (Moodle) or website

*Inversions with diatonic roots (Moodle) or website

Rhythm

*Hip Hop Basslines (Moodle) or website

Exam topics

(individual exam)

SOTW:

Playing / singing the 'Standard of the week'  (SOTW)

List of standards for semester 1:

·      If I should lose you

·      Night and day

·      Nica’s dream

·      Stella by starlight

·      I remember April

·      Triste

·      On green dolphin street

Activities:

·      Sing melody of all the standards of semester 1 by heart

·      Sing bassline of all the standards of semester 1 by heart

·      Sing guidetones (3,7) of all the standards of semester 1 by heart

·      Play bassline and sing melody of 3 standards of semester 1 (free choice), by heart

Sightsinging:

·      ‘Traplopen en Springstof’ part 2 (Not Jazzstudents)

Rhythm:

·      Rhythm exercises page 1-32

Arps and Scales:

·      Singing/playing arpeggios with approachnotes

·      Chordscale exercises semester 1  (only 1a 3) Scroll down! (Not Domu!), examples on Moodle.

Singing

Page 35-37

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

·      Joy spring (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Manhattan transfer, Clifford Brown

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars in C minor (Form: A) with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Joy Spring is  ___________________________________________-_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet, use these lyrics

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to the guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Guidetones ande rhythm:

            Joy Spring, guidetones and bass pdf, audio, video

               Joy Spring, 2 gt's and bass.ant. pdf, audio, video

               Joy Spring, guidetones pdf, audio, video

               Joy Spring, guidetones 2, pdf, audio, video

9.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

10. The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

11.  Arps and rhythm:

             Joy Spring, P alto 6 pdf, audio, video

                Joy Spring, P alto in 7, only bass pdf, audio, video

                Joy Spring, P alto in 7 pdf, audio, video

                Joy Spring, arps (3 on 2) pdf, audio, video

Scales, 

chords and patterns/

inversions

Scat: Maxine – Michael Brecker

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the melody and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 8

Artusi

Rhythm 

tapping

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 14-15

Singing

Page 38-39 (passing tones first in steps, later in jumps)

Choir singing: ‘Beautiful friendship’

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

• Solar (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Miles Davis or John Scofield with John Abercrombie

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars in C minor (Form: A) with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Solar is ________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to guidetone 1 and 2, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10. Extra: sing the tune, alternating melody and bassline, like this:

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Scat: ‘Samba with some barbecue’ - Herbie Hancock

·     

7^th Chords with approachnotes

Half diminished all diatonic approachnotes

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the melody  and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 10

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 16-17

Singing

Pg. 40

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·      Chordscale exercise 10 on short chord vamps (Moodle), sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

7^th Chords with approachnotes

Half diminished all chromatic approachnotes

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 11

Scatsongs

Review: ‘Samba with some barbecue’ - Herbie Hancock

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 33-35

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

‘Traplopen en springstof part 2 (singing melodic sequences)

Page 1-4

Choir singing: ‘Beautiful love’

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

• Bluesette (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Toots thielemans’s version

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars in C minor (Form: A) with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Bluesette  is _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Bass and rhythm:

            Bluesette, Latin bass in 3, pdf, rhythm 1 (C), (Bb), (Eb),

            audio, playalong, video, 2 rhythms

            Bluesette, Latin bass in 3, pdf, rhythm 2 (C), (Bb), (Eb)

            audio, playalong, video,  2 rhythms

            Bluesette, bass in 7, pdf, rhythm 1 (C), (Bb), (Eb),

            playalong, video, 2 rhythms

            Bluesette, bass in 7, pdf, rhythm 2 (C), (Bb), (Eb)

            playalong, 2 rhythms

7.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

8.     Listen to guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

9.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

10. The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

11.   Melody and rhythm:

               Bluesette, melody in 7, pdf (C), (Bb), (Eb), playalong, video

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the melody and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     Minitest week 12

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 18-19

Singing

Pg. 5-6

Scatsongs

Review: Maxine – Michael Brecker

(Not Domu/C&M)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·      : 

7^th Chords with approachnotes

Half diminished (all chromatic enclosures

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 13

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 36-38

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 7-8

Choir singing: ‘Alone together’

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

• Have you met Miss Jones (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Frank Sinatra

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars in C minor (Form: A) with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

Have you met miss Jones is_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Bass and rhythm: 

            Have you met miss Jones in 7, pdf   

               (C), (Bb), (Eb), audio, playalong, video

7.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

8.     Listen to the guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

9.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

10. The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·      Chordscale exercise 24 on short chord vamps (Moodle), sing and play:

(Not Domu/C&M)

·      Review 2: ‘Samba with some barbecue’ - Herbie Hancock

(Not Domu/C&M)

·      Review 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Dominant chords, all diatonic approachotes for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the melody and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 14

Impro line exercises

Homework assignment :

Make guidetone Line exercise with guidetones

Sing this anticipation exercise

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 20-21

Singing

Page 9-10

Scatsongs

Review 2; All of me – Sarah Vaughan

(Not Domu/C&M)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Review 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Dominant chords, all chromatic approachotes for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic dictations week 15

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 42-44

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 11-13

Choir singing: ‘Lover man’

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

• What is this thing called love (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: Art Pepper’s version

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars in C minor (Form: A) with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

What is this thing called love is _____________________________ _______________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to guidetone 1 and 2, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10. Extra: sing the tune, alternating melody and bassline, like this:

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·      7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Dominant chords, all chromatic enclosures for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the  the melody and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 16

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 22-23

Singing

Page 14-15 (chordal melodies)

Scatsongs

Review 3: Maxine – Michael Brecker

(Not Domu/C&M)

·      

Review 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Major 7 chords, all diatonic approachnotes 

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

More melodic melodic dictations week 17

Artusi

Rhythm 

Rhythm vocalisation page 45-47

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 16-17

Choir singing: ‘Yesterdays’

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

• What’s new (Wikipedia)

Activities:

1.     Listen at least two versions of the song, including the original. For instance: George Benson’s version

2.     Analyse the tune (Composer? Name the harmonic degrees, check melodic/harmony sequences, modulations)

3.     Summarize the standard in a couple of sentences;

For instance: ‘Blue Bossa is a latin  tune of 16 bars in C minor (Form: A) with one modulation a semitone up, prepared by a II-V, no pivot chord, ending with a II – V - I in the main key. 

Harmonic overview: [Cm: I - IV - II - V - I] [Db: II – V – I] 

[Cm: II – V – I]’

What’s new  is __________________________________________  _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.     Listen to the melody, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

5.     Listen to the bassline, sing it and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

6.     Sing that same bassline, but now on absolute notenames

7.     Listen to the guidetone, sing it  and learn it by heart without looking at the leadsheet

8.     Now try to play the bassline on the piano and sing the melody in the original key

9.     The chords on the leadsheet are those used in the playalong version

10. Extra: sing the tune, alternating melody and bassline, like this:

Scales, 

chords and patterns

Chordscale exercise 14 on short chord vamps (Moodle), sing and play:

Chord vamps to use: 

Review 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Major 7 chords, all chromatic approachnotes 

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

1.     Look at the melody and discover the architecture of the melody. Scalar, build on arpeggios, lots of chordtones, any specific intervals, syncopation, any repetition, sequenses?

2.     Try to write down each separate motif (sort) or phrase (longer), starting on different starting notes (now you are transposing the melody)

3.     Extra: Some licks of the song you just studied.

4.     More melodic dictations week 19

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 24-25

Singing

Page 18-19

Scatsongs

Review 3: ‘Samba with some barbecue’ - Herbie Hancock

(Not Domu/C&M)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·      

Review 7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Major 7 chords, all chromatic enclosures

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

Artusi

Rhythm 

tapping

Rhythm vocalisation page 48-50

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Singing

Page 20-21

Choir singing: ‘How deep is the ocean’

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

No standard

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·      7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Minor 7 chords, all diatonic approachnotes

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

Artusi

Rhythm 

Standard of the week rhythm exercises (scroll down under the reader)

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

‘Polyrhythms’ page 26-27

Singing

Standard of the week

(SOTW)

Scales, 

chords and patterns

·      

7^th Chords with approachnotes

(Minor 7 chords, all chromatic approachnotes

for every chordtone)

Melodic

dictation and 

transposition

Artusi

Rhythm 

tapping

Rhythm vocalisation page 51-53

Rose Rhythm drills, pdf and audio

Exam topics

(written exam)

Melody:

SOTW melody patterns (SOTW semester 2, transposed, look in the weeks), website

Aldwell melody and bass semester 2 (Unit 1-28), website

Scat song licks semester 1,

Harmony:

Harmonic level 3, website

Aldwell harmony (Unit 1-28), website

Inversions, Sequenses of 4 chords with inversions

Rhythm

Hip Hop Basslines, find it here

Exam topics

(individual exam)

SOTW:

Playing / singing the 'Standard of the week'  (SOTW)

List of standards for semester 2:

·      Joy Spring

·      Solar

·      Bluesette

·      Have you met miss Jones

·      What is this thing called love

·      What’s new

Activities:

·      Sing melody of all the standards of semester 2 by heart

·      Play bassline and sing melody of 3 standards of semester 2 (free choice), by heart on piano or guitar, no hickups, in a steady tempo, good intonation

Sightsinging

·      Traplopen en Springstof (part 2 COMPLETE BOOK) 

Chords and scales

·      Singing scrambles chords

·      Concept rootposition 7th chords

·      E major7 scambled

·      G#m7 scrambled

·      B7 scrambled

·      D#m7b5 scrambled

·      Chordprogression scramble in E major

 Chordscales

·       Chordscale exercises (1a3 and 1a8) on short chord vamps (not Domu and C&M)

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·       Approach note exercises in dominant cycles, all qualities (singing and playing) (not Domu and C&M)

·      Inversion exercises

·      Concept inversion 7th chords:

·      1st  inversion

·      3rd  inversion

Rhythm:

·      Rhythm exercises (‘Jazz rhythms’)

Rhythm and other exercises in standards (Not Domu and C&M):

·       Bluesette, melody in 7, pdf (C), (Bb), (Eb), playalong, video

·       Bluesette, bass in 7, pdf, rhythm 1 (C), (Bb), (Eb), playalong, video, 2 rhythms

·       Bluesette, bass in 7, pdf, rhythm 2 (C), (Bb), (Eb), playalong, 2 rhythms

·       Bluesette band, sing play all of the lines and rhythms

·       Joy Spring, guidetones and bass pdf, audio, video

·      Joy Spring, 2 gt's and bass.ant. pdf, audio, video

·      Joy Spring, guidetones 2, pdf, audio, video

·      Joy Spring, guidetones pdf, audio, video

·      Joy Spring, P alto 6 pdf, audio, video

·      Joy Spring, P alto in 7, only bass pdf, audio, video

·      Joy Spring, P alto in 7 pdf, audio, video

·      Joy Spring, arps (3 on 2) pdf, audio, video

·       Have you met miss Jones in 7, pdf (C), (Bb), (Eb), audio, playalong, video