Saturday, September 22, 2007
Choir question
I want to know when you are working with a particular section, how do you keep the other sections occupied without being boring or tedious? Does anyone have any suggestions? It's for a high school class. I've tried other sections humming their part, but it just becomes tedious and boring and they lose interest. I've also had all four parts on one part and have tried to double up the parts as well. Does anyone have a quick and effective way of fixing this? In asking my co-op he says it's a skill that comes with time.
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Hey Cait -
That is what my teacher has me working on with my kids... the biggest thing i can say, is work on shorter sections so you dont have three parts bored for 20 minutes while you hammer out like 8 bars for one section.... try 2-4 bars at a time so they feel some accomplishment as working as a group
the other thing we do is have them keep a beat (swaying, snapping, etc) OR if their rhythm is tricky i will have them whisper their text while the other sections goes.
hope that helps at all!
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