Make-Up Work
Rehearsal Make-Up Work:
(Due to Absences from class)
Choir is a “performance” based class. There is NO WAY to learn to sing “choral music” by yourself. It would be the same as learning to play football alone in the yard. Thus, there is no way to make up for a missed class due to illness etc.
Every day a student is absent they receive a zero for their rehearsal grade because they were not there to participate in rehearsal. Students must do make up work to make up for these missed points.
IMPORTANT: A student who misses more than two weeks of school during a single marking period may not perform in the concert without approval from Mrs. Bonds. The student will be required to successfully sing his/her part in order to perform in the concert. If the student is unable to sing their part successfully, the student is required to attend the concert and will be required to write a one page evaluation of the performance to receive credit for the concert.
REHEARSAL Make up activities:
Students are required to spend 15 minutes on one of the following websites for each day absent from school. These websites provide lessons and exercises that teach and reinforce some of the music theory concepts we are working on in class. To receive credit a written note with a parents signature must verifying which website was visited and how much time was spent working. Work must be turned in no later than one week prior to the end of the 9 week grading period.
Students who do not have internet access at home should make arrangements with Mrs. Bondsto visit the library during home base, lunch, or after school.
http://www.musictheory.net/
Lessons and trainers for introductory theory skills, and a quick source of staff paper
http://www.musicards.net/
Flash cards for fundamentals drills
http://neilhawes.com/sstheory/practic1.htm
Here is a place to practice sight reading
http://www.soundswell.co.uk/pages/swquiz.htm
You may take any of these quizzes and turn them in for extra credit.
http://www.sightreadingpractice.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?sight&dpt=s&layout=full&r=w.s/&id=10957971268&cr=1
Here is a place to practice putting notes from the staff with keys on the piano.
http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/
Tutorials and exercises (fundamentals, harmonic dictation, contextual listening) with downloadable workbooks, by a long-time AP Music Theory instructor. Very useful!
http://www.good-ear.com/
Aural exercises identifying intervals, chords, scales, cadences – with a few ads thrown in
www.emusictheory.com/practice/
Drill on a variety of fundamentals. “Chord functions” will provide chord spelling practice, but the IV-V-I that establishes the key practice uses terrible voice leading.
http://smu.edu/totw/
A complete fundamentals to intermediate web textbook with audio examples illustrating each concept.
www.davesmey.com/index.htm
Worksheets and explanatory handouts on basic and intermediate topics, sight singing and dictation exercises
http://www.teoria.com/
Building and identifying intervals, triads, scales, and modes. A European fixed “do” option is offered in identifications, so if your students use moveable “do” for sight singing, you’ll need to explain the difference.
www.tonalityguide.com/exercises/php
Intermediate-level exercises in chord analysis, embellishing tones, figured bass, cadences, plus fundamentals skills. Printable and savable (on a server) exercises.
http://www.8notes.com/theory/
Fundamentals to intermediate tutorials
http://www.musictheoryminute.com/
Short spoken explanations of topics from intervals to chords, voice motion types, etc., illustrated with a keyboard.
http://www.circle-of-fifths.net/
Drills on key signatures and circle of fifths only.
http://earplane.com/modules/earplane_main/
Aural skills; requires registration and Shockwave
http://neilhawes.com/sstheory/theory.htm
Lesson on very basic topics
http://www.musictheory.org.uk/
Interactive checking of very basic fundamentals
www.northern.edu/wieland/theory/tt.htm
Miscellaneous worksheets and explanations of fundamentals; pointers to musical examples of various features; dictation, rhythm, harmony, part-writing and form.
www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary
Vir. Tech. dictionary of terms with audio illustrations; also quizzes, etc.
