A Virtual Singers Educational Program
Sessions will be posted on our YouTube page (link) every Monday at 7:00pm starting Monday September 14, 2020 and will remain available to watch anytime for free.The complete outline of the program is available here.
Handouts for each session are available below.
"Sing Smart" Session #1: Elements of Music - Rhythm
7:00pm, Tue, Sep 14 2021
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Type of event: Sing Smart Duration: 1 Hour Web page: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCaPSu7Fif_2JRnifDYlnowHjfMAHclHx Venue: Online Only Description: 
• Pulse /Beat
• Note Values
• Bar Lines / Time Signature
• Reading Rhythms
• Simple and Compound Meter
• Count-Singing
• Conducting Patterns
HANDOUTS:
#1 Speed Markings
#2 Conducting Patterns
#3 Counts-Singing Exercises
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Handout #1: Speed Markings
Handout #2: Conducting PatternsHandout #3: Count Singing Exercises
"Sing Smart" Session #2: Music Notation
7:00pm, Tue, Sep 21 2021
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Type of event: Sing Smart Web page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCaPSu7Fif_2JRnifDYlnowHjfMAHclHx Description: 
• Pitch (Musical Alphabet)
• Staves
• Grand Staff
• Clefs
• Note Recognition – on Grand Staff / on Piano
• Whole and Half Steps
• Accidentals (# b X bb Natural)
• Pythagoras
• Temperament
• Circle of Fifths
• Major Scales and Key Signatures
HANDOUTS:
#4 Notes on Staff and Piano
#5 Circle of Fifths
#6 Major Key Signatures
#7 Sight Reading
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Handout #4: Notes on Staff and PianoHandout #5: Circle of FifthsHandout #6: Major Key SignaturesHandout #7: Sight Reading (1)
Handout #7: Sight Reading (2)Handout #7: Sight Reading (3)
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"Sing Smart" Session #3: Scales, Intervals, Chords & Cadences
7:00pm, Tue, Sep 28 2021
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Type of event: Sing Smart Web page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCaPSu7Fif_2JRnifDYlnowHjfMAHclHx Description: 
• Scales (scale degrees):
- Major
- Minor (natural, harmonic, melodic and their key signatures)
- Pentatonic
- Whole tone
• Intervals
• Chords:
- Major
- Minor
- Diminished
- Augmented
• Inversions
• Cadences
HANDOUTS:
#8 Scale degrees and chord structure
#9 Intervals and sight-singing exercises
#10 Cadences
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Handout #10: Intervals and Sight-Singing ExercisesHandout #8: Scale Degrees and Chord StructureHandout #9: Cadences
"Sing Smart" Session #4: Diction - Latin & English
7:00pm, Mon, Oct 5 2020
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Type of event: Sing Smart Web page: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCaPSu7Fif_2JRnifDYlnowHjfMAHclHx Description: 
Guest speaker Robyn Rocklein will give a master class on Diction
• Latin
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Latin Pronunciation
• English
- Vowels
- Consonants
HANDOUTS:
#11 English Vowel and Consonant Chart
#12 Latin Pronunciation
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Handout #11: English Vowel and Consonant ChartHandout #12: Latin Pronunciation
