SING YOUR OWN PART!

presented by Deborah K. Oakes, TCDA 2013

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THREE COMPONENTS OF PART-SINGING

ELEMENTS of MUSIC INDEPENDENT

Rhythm PERFORMANCE
Melody VOCAL DEVELOPMENT Body, Instrumental, Vocal
Musicality and Artistry Tone Individual and Group
Tuning
Vocal Strength

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ROUND/CANON WORK
Develop harmony pieces over time, even years.
Beginning rounds should be very simple and with no big leaps- must match age ability.
Before singing as round: sing as a tandem piece, sing as an ostinati piece, solo/ensemble
Build a Circle. Circle Up! Divide strong singers. Add appropriate motions.
Strengthen parts: Tug of War! Teacher support. Recording support. Shoulder slant. Exaggerate diction. Strong phrasing.
Familiarity breeds success in round/canon work.
Expect pitch and meter problems in early round/canon work.
Round killers are lack of familiarity, meter instability, flat tone and poor tuning.

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 Favorite Rounds
A Ram Sam Sam
Ah, Poor Bird
Are You Sleeping (We sing in four languages )
Brontosaurus (Wee Sing)
Clocks (Classical Cannons-Molnar)
For Thy Gracious Blessing
Ghost of John
If You Dance (150 Rounds For Singing and Teaching)
Kookaburra
Let Music Surround You (Boogie, Blues and Ballads by Addicott)
Let’s Put the Rooster in the Stew (150 Rounds For Singing and Teaching)
Music Alone Shall Live (Music K-8 arrangement is gorgeous)
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Sweetly Sings the Donkey
Where Is John? (150 Rounds For Singing and Teaching)
Zum Gali-Gali-Gali

INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE
Continually develop rhythm, tuning, expression and tone in ALL activities.
Insist on accuracy and beauty in EVERY classroom activity.
Use solfège! Use solfège! Use solfège!
Solo/ensemble work through all activities.
Perform in independent ways: singing, speech, movement, instruments

DEVELOP PENTATONIC MATRIAL

VERSE>>>>>>>>SONG.
Develop ostinati.
Develop appropriate harmony parts for pentatonic pieces.

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 Favorite Echo Songs
Are You Sleeping? (Traditional)
Bill Grogan’s Goat (Traditional)
Charlie Over the Ocean (Traditional)
Down By the Bay (Traditional)
Every Night (Traditional)
Flea Fly Mosquito (Traditional)
ECHO, CALL/RESPONSE SONGS
Use echo, call/response material from the first Green Grass Grew All Around (Traditional)
day in your classroom. I Am A Pizza (Charlotte Diamond, You Tube)
Create harmonic uses for classroom material. I Met A Bear (Traditional)
I’m On My Way (Traditional)
Me Gusta (Music K-8)
My Aunt Came Back (Traditional)
Oh, You Can’t Get To Heaven (Traditional)
Pufferbellies (Traditional)
We’re Ready (Music K-8)
When the Saints Go Marching In (Traditional)
Who Did Swallow Jonah? (Traditional)

PARTNER SONGS
Color code music and charts.
Develop harmony pieces over time, even years.
Build a Circle. Circle Up! Divide strong singers. Add appropriate motions.
Strengthen parts: Tug of War! Teacher support. Recording support. Shoulder slant. Exaggerate diction. Strong phrasing.
Familiarity breeds success in part singing.
Expect pitch and meter problems in early part singing.
Part singing killers are lack of familiarity, meter instability, flat tone and poor tuning.

Favorite Partner Songs

Are You Sleeping/ Row, Row, Row Your Boat/ Three Blind Mice
Each of Us Is a Flower (Charlotte Diamond)
Great Big House/ Chicken On a Fencepost
He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands/ Rock-a My Soul
Here Comes a Bluebird/ Hot Cross Buns
I Wish You Music (Music K-8)
Land of the Silver Burch/ Canoe Song
Little Red Caboose (Wee Sing)
Paw Paw Patch/ Old Brass Wagon/ Sandy Land/ Bow Belinda/ Skip To My Lou
Pick a Little, Talk a Little/ Goodnight Ladies
Sally, Go Round the Sun/ See Saw, Marjory Daw
She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain/ Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/
When the Saints Go Marching In/ All Night, All Day/ This Train/ Get On Board
Someone’s Knockin’ At My Door
Welcome, Welcome, Everybody Welcome

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ADVANCED ELEMENTARY HARMONY
Add simple harmony parts (esp a third above
harmony) to appropriate song material.
Collect and use pieces (beginning two part,
obligati, more difficult call/response)
that offer easy harmony from textbook,
history, culture, etc.
Favorite Beginning Two-Part Songs for the Classroom
Best Friends (Gemini)
De Colores (Traditional of Mexico)
Ezekial Saw de Wheel (McMillan-McGraw Hill Share the Music- Grade 5)
I’d Like To Teach the World To Sing (Silver-Burdett Making Music- Grade 3)
My Friend (Music K-8)
Rhythm of Life (McMillan-McGraw Hill Share the Music- Grade 5)
Rivers of Texas (iTunes recording by Ann Price)
Standin’ In the Need of Prayer (Traditional)
This Land (Silver-Burdett Making Music- Grade 5)
Twist and Shout (McMillan Spotlight On Music- Grade 4)
Wade In the Water (McMillan-McGraw Hill Share the Music- Grade 4)

CHOIR
Place strong singers on the part divide.
Strengthen parts: Tug of War! Teacher support. Recording support. Shoulder slant. Exaggerate diction. Strong phrasing.
Familiarity breeds success in part singing.
Expect pitch and meter problems in early part singing.
Part singing killers are lack of familiarity, meter instability, flat tone and poor tuning.
Use solfège to reinforce parts.
If have time, everyone learns harmony part first.

CHOOSING EASY TWO-PART OCTAVOS

Echo Like, Round Like, Partner Like.
Mostly melody with harmony at cadence or end of piece.
Harmony in simple thirds, especially above.
Be careful of music that switches from melody to harmony too much.
Edit music- do you want to spend your time correcting notes or developing the music?

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 OCTAVO COMP/ ARR PUBLISHER/ GENRE Voicing
PRODUCT #
Christmas Bells Gray Heritage 15/1178H Christmas Octavo 2-pt

Christmas Is Here! Besig/Price Shawnee Press E0372 Christmas Octavo 2-pt

Christmas Rush, The Albrecht Alfred 11622 Christmas/Novelty Octavo 2-pt

Deck the Hall For All Albrecht Alfred 4789 Christmas/Partner Octavo 2-pt
It’s Christmas Everywhere Donnelly/Strid Alfred 17741 Christmas Octavo 2-pt

Naughty or Nice Brownsey/Lantz Alfred 23426 Christmas/Novelty Octavo 2-pt

Oh, Come Little Children Bailey/Mayo Choristers Guild CGA1099 Christmas/Traditional Octavo 2-pt

Snowbiz Snowman! Beck/Fisher Alfred 35687 Christmas/Novelty Octavo 2-pt

We Like Christmas That Brownsey/Lantz Belwin (Alfred) SVM05019 Christmas/Novelty Octavo 2-pt
Way
Winter Magic Perry BriLee BL130 Christmas/Novelty Octavo 2-pt

A Joyful Noise Perry Alfred 17945 Festival Anthem Octavo 2-pt

A Voice From A Dream Eilers Alfred SCHCH02130 Miscellaneous Octavo 2-pt

Alleluia! I Will Sing Waggoner Alfred 38072 Miscellaneous/Partner Octavo 2-pt
Always Friends Emerson Hal Leonard 08551521 Miscellaneous Octavo 2-pt

An American Folksong Leavitt Hal Leonard 08740598 Folk Song Medley Octavo 2-pt
Spectacular
Bubble Trouble Lawrence Alfred SV9119 Miscellaneous/Novelty Octavo 2-pt
Circle of Friends Emerson Hal Leonard 40326019 Miscellaneous Octavo 2-pt

Clouds, The Gray Heritage HV114 Miscellaneous 2-pt & Orff

Crocodile, The Carroll/Gray Alfred 37847 Miscellaneous/Partner Octavo 2-pt

Every Night When the Sun arr. Waggoner Alfred 37928 Spiritual Octavo 2-pt
Goes In
Get On Board This Train Besig/Price Alfred 11301 Folk Song Medley Octavo 2-pt
Get On Board, Get On! Grier/Everson Heritage H5711 Spiritual/Partner Octavo 2-pt
Give Me Wings arr. Patterson BriLee Music BL391 Miscellaneous Unison w/Descant

Gloria Deo! Albrecht Alfred 16955 Festival Anthem Octavo 2-pt

Grab A Partner! Albrecht/Althouse Alfred 20172 Partner Songs Book

Grab Another Partner! Albrecht/Althouse Alfred 21677 Partner Songs Book

I Want To Be Happy arr. Gallina Alfred CHM04032 Miscellaneous/Partner Octavo 2-pt

I’d Do Anything arr. Huff Hal Leonard 08551718 Broadway Octavo 2-pt

It’s A Lovely Day Today Berlin/Leavitt Hal Leonard 08564105 Broadway Octavo 2-pt
Lazy John Allsbrook/Goodin Boosey/Hawkes 48021163 Folk Song Octavo 2-pt

Moon, The Beck Alfred 28541 Miscellaneous/Lyric Octavo 2-pt

Off To The Races! Donnelly/Strid Alfred 16257 Folk Song Octavo 2-pt

Old Dan Tucker arr. Ginsberg Heritage 15/2304H Folk Song Octavo 2-pt
One Song Perry Alfred 4770 Miscellaneous Octavo 2-pt

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Polly Wolly Doodle arr. Printz Heritage 15/1619H Folk Song Octavo 2-pt
Red River Dances arr. Miller Hal Leonard 08564198 Folk Song Medley Octavo 2-pt

Shoo Fly! arr. Crocker Hal Leonard 47123048 Folk Song Octavo 2-pt

Shooting Star Beck Alfred 30961 Miscellaneous/Lyric Octavo 2-pt

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Schram BriLee BL246 Spiritual Octavo 2-pt

There’s A Song In Me Miller Hal Leonard 08551457 Miscellaneous Octavo 2-pt

This Ol’ Man arr. Gilpin Shawnee Press E0382 Folk Song/Novelty Octavo 2-pt

We’re All Children of the arr. Althouse Alfred 28641 Miscellaneous/Festival Octavo 2-pt
World
We’re the Future of Simms Alfred 5791 Miscellaneous/Festival Octavo 2-pt
Tomorrow
What’s More American Lojeski Hal Leonard 08721564 Patriotic Octavo 2-pt
Why We Sing Gilpin Shawnee Press E 0538 Miscellaneous/Festival Octavo 2-pt +
Descant
Old and New Rounds and Wilson Harold Flammer G5002 Rounds/Canons Book
Canons
150 Rounds for Singing and Bolkovac/Johnson Boosey & Hawkes Rounds/Canons Book
Teaching M-051-80860-1

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