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In response to numerous requests from teacher across the country, a series of four inexpensive student manuals has been prepared, one for each of the four units of the instruction course. These manuals, prepared in workbook format, are titled Choral Concepts—Student Learning Guide, Units 1, 2, 3 and 4. The saddle stitched manuals are the size of octavo music so students can keep them in music folders with their performance music. Each lesson requires limited written participation by the student: filling in blanks on worksheets, recording materials written on the blackboard or shown on an overhead projector, etc. Care has been taken to keep student time requirements for each lesson short, maintaining the objective of completion of every lesson in 20 minutes or less.
Binding the lessons for each unit separately, with a new workbook issued at approximately the beginning of each 9-week period, eliminates problems such as student rejection of a formidable looking year-long workbook; daily storage problems caused by bulky workbooks for large numbers of students; and a student being left without a workbook for most of the year if his manual is lost.
The booklets cost about the same as comparable sized octavo music, holding the cost-per- student allocation to a reasonable level. But the workbooks contain so much valuable information that students will treasure them—you won't find any of them left at school at the end of the term. That's certain!
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Table of Contents
Choral Concepts Student Learning Guide Unit 1
1. Introduction to the Course, 4
2. Correct Sitting Posture, 6
3. Correct Standing Posture, 8
4. The Breathing Mechanism, 11
5. Controlled Breathing, 17
6. Voice-Part Classifications, 22
7. Vocal Ranges, 24
8. The Reed-Flute Tone Continuum, 26
9. Change-of-Color Points, 27
10. Audition Preparation, 30
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Choral Concepts Student Learning Guide Unit 2
11. Objectives of Vocal Training, 3
12. The Singing Mechanism, 5
13. Open Throat, 9
14. Personal Warmup, 12
15. Care of the Voice, 15
16. Vocal Resonance, 20
17. Good Singing Tone, 22
18. Tone Color, 25
19. Attacks and Releases, 27
20. Effective Practice, 29
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Choral Concepts Student Learning Guide Unit 3
21. Dynamic Levels, 5
22. Extending Vocal Ranges, 7
23. Head Resonance and Head Tone, 10
24. Humming, 12
25. Basic Musical Styles, 15
26. Correct Phrasing, 18
27. Vocal Flexibility, 20
28. Intonation, 22
29. Introduction to the Phonetic Alphabet, 27
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Choral Concepts Student Learning Guide Unit 4
30. Balance and Blend, 4
31. Singing the Vowels, 7
32. Diphthongs, 10
33. Articulation, 13
34. Enunciation, 16
35. Pronunciation, 18
Unit 1 Review, 21
Posture; The breathing mechanism; Controlled breathing; Voice-part classifications; Vocal ranges; The reed-flute continuum; Change-of-color points; Audition preparation.
Unit 2 Review, 23
Objectives of vocal training; The singing mechanism; Open throat; Personal warm-up; Care of the voice; Vocal resonance; Head resonance; Tone color; Vibrato, tremolo, straight tone.
Unit 3 Review, 26
Dynamic levels; Extending vocal ranges; Head resonance and head tone; Humming; Basic musical styles; Correct phrasing; Vocal flexibility; Intonation; Introduction to the phonetic alphabet.
Unit 4 Review, 29
Balance and blend; Singing the vowels; Diphthongs; Articulation; Enunciation; Pronunciation.
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