8th Grade Homework—Sections due different days...
**Each assignment is worth 10
points. Late assignments will lose
2 points each day.**
1. Due Monday: Sing through “It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear" 3 times- try all 3 of the recordings below to see which
one, number 1, 2, or 3, feels best for your voice (4 points).
AND, on a piece of lined paper, write the
lyrics to the song down as you listen a 4th time to one of the recordings (6 points). You may need to pause and/or rewind now and
then, and then you will probably need to check in with your lyrics sheet for a
couple words. This is
one of the best ways to memorize and really pay attention to a song’s lyrics, I
have found.
*TURN THIS IN ON
MONDAY IN THE MUSIC HOMEWORK BIN IN YOUR CLASSROOM. YOU CAN BEGIN
WORK THAT IS DUE WEDNESDAY IF YOU ARE ABLE.
Recordings:
2. Due Tuesday: Read and sing through “Hallelujah”—You
will be singing verses 1, 2, 4, 5… though for this assignment, feel free to use verse 3 as well. Please pick a line or two of the lyrics that
you really like. Write
me 1 or 2 sentences telling me which lyrics those are and why you like them so
much (4 points). THEN
explain to me which part of the song’s melody you really like in 1 or 2 more
sentences (4 points). Do
you love the chorus (“Hallelujah”) because of the way the piano sounds under
the singing? Do you
enjoy the way the end of each verse builds and builds before singing the
chorus? What do you
like about the song? ALSO, write down which of the “It Came
Upon a Midnight Clear” recordings feels best in your voice—1, 2, or 3? (2
points).
*TURN THIS IN ON
TUESDAY IN THE MUSIC HOMEWORK BIN IN YOUR CLASSROOM.
Recording: to be
added
3. Due Wednesday: Use the paper keyboard Ms. Fox gives you or a real keyboard or piano to
practice playing the roots of the chord symbols in “Still, Still, Still.” Play along with the recording below at least
7 times. Check off a
practice box on the paper Ms. Fox gives you each time you do this. You can always start this over the weekend
and check off boxes when you get the paper (10 points).
*TURN THIS PAPER IN
ON WEDNESDAY IN THE MUSIC HOMEWORK BIN IN YOUR CLASSROOM.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT:
The suggested hand
position for the first page's chords is called “C POSITION” and is written
here:
C D E F
G C
D E F G
L.H. 5 4 3 2
1 R.H. 1 2 3 4 5 *You may need to
reach out of position to play A.
For the first line
of second page, you will shift your hand
down to the left for each chord symbol-- The chord symbols here go
lower by steps. Then you should shift back up to C Position for the next
line (the first ending; and then for the second ending after you've repeated the
song). There are recordings of the
melody listed here as well for those ready to try that. The hand position options for the
melody are listed above the recordings.
Recordings:
1) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygS0dxS3ZLb2pKdzQ/view?usp=sharing
2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygdnUtb1hVSTRicDQ/view?usp=sharing
2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5TBCWMdEbygdnUtb1hVSTRicDQ/view?usp=sharing
Melody:
Possible hand position: B C D E F G A B C D
L.H.5 4 3 2 1 R.H. 1 2 3 4 5 (thumbs are next to each
other)
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