This was a fun one! We basically had the entire period to ourselves for warm-ups. There were three of us. Me, Jeph, and Shanna-Lee. I started with a Bb scale, but I wanted to try something a little bit more outside the box. We talked about the 'sound pyramid' and discussed issues that we might have with balance.
I had three 4-note parts written on the board for everyone to see. I divided the class up by where they fit in the sound pyramid; bass, alto/tenor, and suprano. When the groups played their parts separately it was quite simple sounding and boring to play. I had them all play together and try to think about how their part should be balanced with the other parts. As they all played together with this common goal it sounded wonderful! I, IV, V, I...I really think that it was effective and hope that the kids enjoyed it!
I was so happy to see you use the method described in the book. I wonder how it would wound if the kids got used to if over the course of a year. Anyway, really great work on this!
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