QUICK! I need ideas for my choir lesson! Topic- Decoding the Choral Octavo/Score for Beginners

For beginners, reading the choral octavo/score often feels like reading a science lesson in a completely different language.  They look totally confused, and they stop singing because of it.  This creates a lack of confidence that can be hard to overcome unless we address it early and with lots of different interactive activities.  In this lesson, you’ll introduce the topic of reading choral scores, and watch a 6 minute video that will clarify it even further because it has great visuals.   I’ve also included many misconceptions about reading scores that will help your students avoid certain traps that often occur when learning this skill.  I’ve included 15 engaging, interactive “gamified” extension activities that you can use to further increase their understanding of how to read a choral score.

What topics are covered in this lesson, and how long will it take?

You will use words like the following...Score, Staff, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, how to find dynamic markings, tempo markings, composer and arranger names, Repeat signs of all sorts, misconceptions, and a lot of games and activities to increase understanding.

This lesson can take 50 minutes and you can move on, or you can make it an entire week or more if you do some or all of the extension activities.

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