IF+MUSIC+BE+THE+FOOD+OF+LOVE+-+Edit+by+Shani+Daws


 * Great lesson! I wrote below in bold where I had some comments and/or suggestions. Thanks for the inspiration!**


 * [[image:http://musiclessons.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=542&h=50 width="542" height="50"]]** Teacher Name: ** || Tyler Gruttemeyer || ** Date: ** || February 15th, 2013 ||


 * ** Subject/Grade: ** || Advanced Mixed Choir ||


 * ** Concepts/Skills/Values: ** || Introduction to David Dikau's "If Music be the Food of Love" **– Tone production, Proper breathing techniques for singers, Singing posture, Singing in the Romantic style, Pronunciation of English words when singing** ||


 * National Standards (check all that apply): **
 * ** x ** || ** 1. Sing ** || || ** 2. Play ** || || ** 3. Improvise ** || || ** 4. Compose/Arr. ** || || ** 5. Read/Notate ** ||
 * ** x ** || ** 6. Listen ** || ** x ** || ** 7. Evaluate ** || ** x ** || ** 8. Related Arts ** || ** x ** || ** 9. History/Culture ** || || ||
 * ** x ** || ** 6. Listen ** || ** x ** || ** 7. Evaluate ** || ** x ** || ** 8. Related Arts ** || ** x ** || ** 9. History/Culture ** || || ||


 * ** Behavioral **
 * Learning **
 * Objectives: ** || By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to sing through the opening of "If music be the food of love" with some stylistic respect to Romantic music
 * Students will be able to sing the melodic theme of IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE with correct pitch, rhythm and stylistic accuracy. Students will begin to understand the difference of artistry of the Romantic style. ** ||

If music be the food of Love ||
 * ** Materials: ** || Building Beautiful Voices,


 * ** Sequence of **
 * Activities and Assessment: ** || Warm Ups

1.) Dotted quarter note - breathing exercise following a pattern to engage the breathe similar to "pant breathing". 2.) "Rich Tone" - Tone production 3.) pg. 84 exercise, - to help build range, and put together an exercise both utilizing breathing and tone production.
 * I’m intrigued. Is this a term that Mr. Johnson uses or that you’ve coined in you teaching there? Is it an exercise? **
 * This is a great book! Thanks for the reminder! **

Introduction - Read opening insert - Have accompanist play the accompaniment to demonstrate “Romantic Style” music, and explain nuances of Romantic Music. - Start with soprano’s and alto’s singing opening on neutral syllable - Have basses and tenors sing through on neutral syllables
 * On solfege or neutral syllable? On words? **
 * What “nuances” are they going to learn about? Vocal production? – vibrato, Harmonic structure? Melodic tendencies? Dynamic contrasts? Rubato? **

Text Introduction - The first seven words of this text are used in the opening of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” - Pronounce using proper English Diction -- Myusik, bi the fud of L^ve
 * Way to walk them through your vision of how it will be pronounced. That way they aren’t left to guess and possibly get it wrong. **
 * Nice IPA! Here’s a site that helps with typing it out - http://ipa.typeit.org/ ** ||


 * ** Teacher **
 * Effectiveness **
 * Reminders: ** || Watch for proper singing posture

Make sure to go back if they don’t do it right ||