Course Overview
Healthy Voice Technique for Beginning Singers is a beginner's singing course appropriate for grades 5 and up. In this course, you will have the opportunity to learn the basics of healthy singing technique as well as how to read basic notes and rhythms. A variety of vocal exercises and techniques will be taught. Students will also have the opportunity to learn two full-length vocal pieces, one in English and one in Italian. The exercises and repertoire selections are best suited for female voices and pre-pubescent male voices.
This Course Includes
- 4 Units
- Rhythm-learning worksheets
- Note-learning worksheets
- Answer keys for note-learning and rhythm-learning worksheets
- Sight-singing examples and worksheets
- 9 Quizzes and answer keys
- 40 video lessons
- 25 MP3 practice guides
- Sheet music of 2 short vocal examples
- Sheet music for 2 full-length vocal pieces
- MP3 piano accompaniments for 2 full-length vocal pieces
- Solfege syllable guide sheets
- Italian pronunciation MP3 guide
- Italian translation guide sheet
- Daily practice routine guide sheet
Course Goals
After completing this course, students will be able to...
- Sing melodies on pitch using excellent vocal technique
- Have a complete understanding of beginning singing technique
- Have a firm foundation of healthy singing technique for building future skill
- Understand basic singing and musical concepts and terms
- Identify and read basic rhythms
- Identify notes of the treble clef
- Sight-sing basic melodies using solfege syllables
- Sing major and harmonic minor scales / arpeggios
- Follow a daily practice and warm-up routine
- Sing "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" with piano accompaniment
- Sing "Caro mio ben" with piano accompaniment
Target Audience
- Grades 5-12. Exercises and vocal pieces are most appropriate for higher voices. (Females voices, tenor voices, and unchanged male voices.)
Course Requirements
Students taking this course will need to have completed...
- All video lessons
- All practice guides
- All worksheets and quizzes
COURSE TOPICS
Unit 1: Learning the Basics
Lessons
The Vocal Tract & Voice Registers
Reviewing the Vocal Tract & Voice Registers
Beginning Phonation & Singing on Pitch
Beginning Breath Management / Posture & Alignment
Reviewing Phonation / Singing on Pitch & Breath Management / Posture
Basic Note Reading
Basic Note Reading Review
Basic Rhythm Reading
Basic Rhythm Reading Review
Unit 1 Review
Unit 2: The Developing Voice
Lessons
Open Throat Technique
Vocal Onset
Reviewing The Open Throat Technique and Vocal Onset
Singer's Embrasure
Tongue & Jaw Position
Reviewing Embrasure, Tongue & Jaw Position
Singer's Vowels
Developing a Vocal Warm-up
Reviewing Singer’s Vowels and SOVT Exercises
Unit 2 Review
Unit 3: The Developing Musician
Lessons
Legato & Staccato Singing
Singing with Dynamics
Diction & Training the Articulators
Reviewing Articulation, Dynamic, and Diction
Introduction to Solfege and the Major Scale
Minor Scales
Arpeggios
Major/Minor Scales, Solfege, and Arpeggios review
Sight Singing
Unit 3 Review
Unit 4: Putting it all Together
Lessons
Learning a Piece of Music
"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" Part 1
"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" Part 2
"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" Part 3
"Caro mio ben" Part 1
"Caro mio ben" Part 2
Reviewing Italian Pronunciation of “Caro mio ben”
"Caro mio ben" Part 3
"Caro mio ben" Part 4
"Caro mio ben" Part 5
