My exercise idea is based off a choir exercise I did last year that was meant to build listening and tuning skills. To begin, I would play a triad going up and down (do-mi-so-mi-so) on the keyboard in the room. Everyone would need to sing along on a syllable, and on the way down the triad, they would pick a note and stay on it. Then we would do the same thing with another triad, but with the added twist of having to move around the room and find the other people singing your note. Then I would do the same but with a dominant 7th chord. The last iteration would have the added step of balancing the chord, which would mean moving around and adjusting your note so that every group has the same amount of people. Everyone has to pick a different note each time. It’s all done without talking so it means everyone has to really listen to each other in order to communicate and achieve each step.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
December 2019
Categories |