Transcription of CHORAL SIGHTREADING PACKET - Middle …
1 m i d d l e t e n n e s s e e V o c a l A s s o c i a t i o n CHORAL SIGHTREADING PACKET 2 0 1 1 C h o r a l A d j u d i c a t i o n F e s t i v a l Ba s e d on MT V A S i g h t re a d i n g S t a n d a rd s DO NOT OPEN THIS PACKET UNTIL THE SIGHTREADING CLINICIAN INSTRUCTS YOU TO DO SO. Table of Contents MTVA SIGHTREADING Guidelines .. 2 Rhythmic Exercises ..3 Melodic Exercises : Treble .. 4 Melodic Exercises : Tenor .. 5 Melodic Exercises: Bass ..6 Multi-Part SA .. 6 SSA .. 7 TB .. 8-9 TTB .. 10 TTBB .. 11 Mixed SAB .. 12 SATB .. 13-14 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 2 CHORAL Festival SIGHTREADING Guidelines 2011 The following guidelines have been set for the SIGHTREADING portion of the MTVA CHORAL Festival.
2 Based on the National Standards of Music, the rubric below is meant to set reasonable and age-appropriate SIGHTREADING goals for the CHORAL ensembles in Middle Tennessee. Music written for the SIGHTREADING PACKET will be based on these guidelines. H i g h S c h o o l C h o i r s C l a s s i f i e d a s a c h o i r c o n s i s t i n g o f G r a d e s 9-1 2 ( 9th-G r a d e C h o i r s c a n c h o o s e J u n i o r H i g h o r H i g h S c h o o l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n ) . E a c h s e c t i o n i n e a c h c h o i r w i l l b e r e q u i r e d t o s i n g a t l e a s t o n e s e t o f r h y t h m s a n d o n e u n i s o n m e l o d y . T h e e n t i r e c h o i r w i l l s i n g o n e m u l t i-p a r t p i e c e.
3 B e f o r e e a c h R h y t h m i c o r M e l o d i c e x a m p l e , t h e a d j u d i c a t o r w i l l a l l o w a t l e a s t 1 5 s e c o n d s o f r e a d i n g t i m e , d u r i n g w h i c h t h e r e i s t o b e n o v o c a l i z a t i o n f r o m t h e d i r e c t o r o r s t u d e n t s . B e f o r e e a c h p a r t-s i n g i n g e x a m p l e , t h e a d j u d i c a t o r w i l l g i v e a t l e a s t 2 0 se c o n d s o f r e a d i n g t i m e , d u r i n g w i t h t h e r e i s t o b e n o v o c a l i z a t i o n f r o m t h e d i r e c t o r o r s t u d e n t s . E a c h R h y t h m i c a n d M e l o d i c e x a m p l e s h a l l n o t e x c e e d 8 m e a s u r e s i n l e n g t h.
4 E a c h m u l t i-p a r t p i e c e s h a l l n o t e x c e e d 2 0 m e a s u r e s . T h e d i r e c t o r c h o o s e s t h e v o i c i n g o f t h e m u l t i-p a r t p i e c e ; h o w e v e r , i t i s e x p e c t e d t h a t i t r e f l e c t t h e m a j o r i t y v o i c i n g s o f p i e c e s s u n g d u r i n g t h e p e r f o r m a n c e p o r t i o n o f t h e F e s t i v a l . E a c h c h o i r c a n p e r f o r m t h e e x a m p l e s u s i n g w h i c h e v e r s y s t e m t h e y e m p l o y during class (fixed do , numbers, c o u n t i n g , c l a p p i n g , e t c . ) R h y t h m T i m e S i g n a t u r e s c a n i n c l u d e 2 / 4 , 3 / 4 , 4 / 4 , 6 / 8 , 9 / 8 , 1 2 / 8.
5 R h y t h m s c a n i n c l u d e c o m b i n a t i o n s o f w h o l e , h a l f , q u a r t e r , e i g h t h , a n d s i x t e e n t h n o t e s a n d r e s t s . R h y t h m s c a n i n c l u d e d o t s , t i e s , s y n c o p a t i o n , a n d t r i p l e t s . M M = 6 0-112 U n i s o n M e l o d y S a m e R h y t h m i c R e q u i r e m e n t s . T i m e S i g n a t u r e s s h a l l i n c l u d e 2 / 4 , 3 / 4 , 4 / 4 , o r 6 / 8 T r e b l e a n d B a s s C l e f r e a d i n g , n o t n e c e s s a r i l y s p e c i f i c t o v o i c i n g . S h a l l i n c l u d e s t e p w i s e , l e a p s w i t h i n t h e t o n i c , d o m i n a n t , o r S u b d o m i n a n t t r i a d s.
6 A c c i d e n t a l s c a n b e u s e d L e a p s s h a l l n o t e x c e e d a n o c t a v e . I f e x a m p l e d o e s n o t s t a r t o n t h e T o n i c , t h e c l i n i c i a n s h a l l e x p l a i n o n w h i c h s t e p i t b e g i n s . M a j o r a n d m i n o r m o d e s . Mu l t i-p a r t S i n g i n g S a m e R h y t h m a n d M e l o d i c R e q u i r e m e n t s . I f o n e p a r t i n t h e e x a m p l e d o e s n o t s t a r t o n t h e T o n i c , t h e c l i n i c i a n m a y o r m a y n o t e x p l a i n . T h e c l i n i c i a n w i l l p l a y t h e s t a r t i n g p i t c h o f e a c h p a r t p r i o r t o b e g i n n i n g t h e p i e c e.
7 M a j o r m o d e o n l y . 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 3 H i g h S c h o o l R h y t h m i c E x e r c i s e s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 4 H i g h S c h o o l M e l o di c E x e r c i s e s 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 5 H i g h S c h o o l M e l o di c E x e r c i s e s ( T e n o r) 6. A. B. C. 7. A. B. 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 6 H i g h S c h o o l M e l o di c E x e r c i s e s ( B a s s) 8. 9. H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Two-part Treble (SA) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 7 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Three-part Treble (SSA) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 8 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Two-part Male (TB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 9 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Two-part Male (TB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 10 Three-part Male (TTB Men singing the Middle part can sing either the 2nd or 3rd line) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 11 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Four-part Male (TTBB)
8 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 12 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Three-part Mixed (SAB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 13 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Four-Part Mixed (SATB) 2011 CHORAL Festival Sight Reading PACKET 14 H i g h S c h o o l Multi-Part Exercises Four-Part Mixed (SATB)
