Aural Skills w/ Dr. J

Your teaching assignments begin when we return after Fall Break.  The following assignments have been made:

Justin Archer – 3 nights of Experience

Chris Bates – Kevin Barry

Megan Baxley -  Flow Gently

Michael Brascom – Father Grumble

Justin Buell – Minstral Boy

Justin Conley – My Horses ain’t hungry

Matthew Dunne -The Sailor

Lauren Edwards – Limericks

Gretchen Stanbro – What’s the matter with —

Jordan Kochevar – Come all ye maids

Kelly Geoghagan – Billy Malone

Gerry Green – A Pretty fair maid

Chase Hodge – Hangman hold your rope

Latrese Hodges – Frog went a courtin’

Evan Kohen – Quiltin’ Party

Lauren May – Long Long ago

Chris Petre – Peat bog soldiers

Patrick Roberts – Lone star trail

Eric Scott – 99 miles from home

Phil Peters – Under the spreading Chestnut Tree

Heather Payne – The true sweetheart

Tyler Robertson – Old Smokie

Stephen Pendergrass – The time has come

Sam Pace – Dying Cowboy

Andrew Oliver – Leezey Lindsay

Betsy McDaniel – Couldn’t hear nobody pray

Lauren May – I want to be ready

Nick Noble – Come all ye Maids

Jacob Morgan – The farmer is the man 

 Many songs start with an “incomplete” measure, i.e. the first measure contains less notes/rests than the top number of the time signature demands.  The amount of notes/rests missing in the first measure will be found at the end of the piece;  -add these two measure together and they will equal a complete measure of notes/rests.

When leading a song, count a measure in tempo and always insert “ready-go!” (or ready-sing/ready-play) on the two counts prior to the anacrusis.  For example, “Amazing Grace” has a pick-up note on count 3 (assuming 3/4 time signature). 

| 1   2  A- |ma- – zing | Grace   etc..

would be preceded by a countoff of |1 2 3 | (Ready) (Go) A -|ma -  zing|

Other examples in 3/4 time =  On Top of Old Smoky,  The Star-Spangled Banner, House of the Rising Sun, etc…

Look carefully at your first songleading assignment and make sure you know how to count us in!  It’s part of the grading rubric for this assignment!

If you’re unsure,  then ask!

Stop by my office and pick one up. I’ll try to have it posted on the web tomorrow.

UPDATE!!  –Pacing Calendar is Posted!  Look on the Menu Bar.

Check out the hints. Mp3s are downloadable, if you’re having trouble with streaming. The password is the last name of the band building (with first letter uppercase, the rest lowercase). If you have any problems, send me an email.

Today we conducted, rapped Shakespeare, Poe, and others, plus sang a little “Lion Sleeps Tonight”. I’d call it a good sightreading session. We’ll have a pacing calendar on Tuesday, so watch for it.

j