Guess what! Blogger (our host site) just told me that this is my fiftieth post! Now, the number really should be higher than that, if I were to have been consistent in my weekly posting since the blog's 2009 inception, but still....this is a milestone, and I think we should celebrate with some solfa and some beautiful music from La belle epoque....
Rising Level 2's
Day 1: Select 3 sight-singing examples (try Ottman, ch. 9) -- choose the 3 you'd like to try before you actually sing them. Begin with the first, and be sure to use your tuning fork to set your key. As you begin, take notice of what you do to prepare yourself for the task at hand, and after you're done with the first example, make some decisions about what to do differently for the next example, and build upon this experience for the third example. Once you've completed all three examples, make a note of which process was most successful for you, and write it out, step-by-step.
Day 2: Using your step-by-step list from yesterday, sing through 3 more sight-singing examples. Does the process still work for you? Edit as needed.
Day 3: Type up your process and save it as a PDF...email it to me and to your colleagues so we can compare notes!
Day 4: Look over other folks' processes and compare theirs to yours. Hunt down some new melodies and try out someone else's process. How does it work for you?
Day 5: Take a look at this beautiful piece by Reynaldo Hahn:
Sing through the melody....what do you suppose is happening with that E-natural?
Rising Level 3's
Follow the instructions above, but use Ottman chapters 13 and 14 for your sight-singing fodder...or the Haydn section of Classical Canons, if you prefer.
Also, on Day 5, look at this little gem, theme and variation 1:
How will you navigate through those chromatic passages? Will having an aural imprint of the theme (which is largely diatonic) help you along? I believe so....
Rising Level 4's
Follow the same instructions as the rising level 2's, but use the Mozart and Caldara portion of the Classical Canons book for your sight-singing fodder.
And, on day 5, look at this link, song #6:
What do you suppose "Mode Hypodorien" means? Do a little digging around (search for the anglicized spelling: "Hypodorian") and see what you come up with. Why would Mr. Hahn be fussing around with modes, anyway?
Oh, and extra points to anyone who can tell me (no Google/Wikipedia cheating!) where Reynaldo Hahn was born and what famous singer he was friends with....
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