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Choir Practice: Deep River & Sight Reading

The document summarizes a choir practice session where the group: 1) Practiced sight reading and establishing keys by singing do-mi-so-mi-do patterns. 2) Learned the song "Deep River" which has tied notes and syncopation. 3) Listened to a recording of the contrasting sections and worked on putting the whole song together while singing with the piano accompaniment.

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Choir Practice: Deep River & Sight Reading

The document summarizes a choir practice session where the group: 1) Practiced sight reading and establishing keys by singing do-mi-so-mi-do patterns. 2) Learned the song "Deep River" which has tied notes and syncopation. 3) Listened to a recording of the contrasting sections and worked on putting the whole song together while singing with the piano accompaniment.

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Choir: 11/18

with Ms. Wiegand


Establishing a Once you receive your starting

Key! note, sing

do mi so mi do so/ do
Db Major
to solidify the key in your ear!
Let‘s Start With Some Sight Reading
AHHHH! Bass Clef!!!!
Transfers!!

Everything we learned in our sight reading exercise will transfer into our new song,

Deep River.
Deep River
My home is over Jordan
Deep River, Lord,
I want to cross over
Into campground
Deep River
-Chorus

Oh, don‘t you want to go?


To that gospel feast?
That promised land
Where all is peace?
-Verse

Oh, Deep River, Lord


I want to cross over
Into campground
-Chorus
Tied Notes and Syncopation
The First Phrase on Solfege: Chorus
Phrase 2: Review
Listen!

Denyce Graves
Contrasting Section
Contrasting Section pt. 2
We‘re Back to the Theme: BUT!
Final Phrase: A Variation on the Theme,
Phrase 2
And Now! We Listen to the piano

Put it All accompaniment once. Pay


attention to where you can hear

Together the voice line in the piano.

Listen again, this time, sing along


With Piano on solfege.

Listen one more time, this time


on WORDS!
Tips for Practicing in Another Key!

1. Establish your key with solfege using the starting pitch!


a. Find your starting pitch with your tuning fork or from the piano.

2. Sing the arpeggio on solfege as a warmup!

3. Sing the arpeggio on letter names as a warmup!

4. When you are sight reading, solfege always works better than letter
names or neutral syllables!

5. When you are sight reading, using your hand signs is more accurate
than just singing the solfege alone!
Wow! We
learned so Much 1. We practiced sight reading
and establishing keys!

Today! 2. We learned every note in


Deep River!
Write a message in the chat 3. We practiced reading and
about your biggest singing syncopated and
accomplishment. dotted rhythms!

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