Crystal Premo wrote:
This is exactly how I have been explaining it to the actors I teach. It's a little harder for them to grasp because of their inexperience with with music. Once you have done this in practice, it is easy to remember, but it is a little difficult to give them practice. I see them every other week for a total of eight sessions spread out over a short school year. Each class is half lesson, half group singing, and it's not easy to find music to work on that illustrates everything in the lessons. The lessons include examples to sing, and this year I have been using songs from the public domain: American folk music. It has been working very well to illustrate following repeat signs, etc., and I think it will make learning to count enjoyable as well. For group singing I use stuff from musicals, and it can't be too hard because of the small amount of time allotted. I could only find one folk song that was pre-programmed with a meter change, and it is not the type that speeds things up.When I run into this situation in my community band rehearsal I try hard to remove all doubt by saying "What WAS the quarter note of the 4/4 section will now be the half-note of the 2/2 section, so the beat will remain constant but the type of note you give one beat to will change to be the half-note." Then I count the rhythms out loud from the measure or two before the change up to a measure or two after the change. <<
Crystal Premo
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