Essentials of the Choral Warm-Up: Science, Method, and Pedagogy
James Jordan & Sean McCarther
Applying the principles of Edwin E. Gordon's Music Learning Theory, this volume aligns choral pedagogy with the principles of voice science and works as a guide to transforming the sound, intonation, and musicianship of choral ensembles …
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Applying the principles of Edwin E. Gordon's Music Learning Theory, this volume aligns choral pedagogy with the principles of voice science and works as a guide to transforming the sound, intonation, and musicianship of choral ensembles at all levels. Topics include:
• Vocal science as it pertains to alignment, respiration, articulation, phonation, registration, and resonance
• Debunking myths about "fixing" choral ensemble sound
• Teaching via the architecture of the vowel
• The pedagogical "miracle" of the mixed vowel ü
• New warm-up and music-learning sequences
• Vocal registration and the choral warm-up
• Rethinking the warm-up to build healthy choral tone
• Determining acoustically correct standing positions for choral ensembles
• New essential 1-3-5 exercises for use in choral warm-ups
• Eliminating blend and intonation issues
• Guides to teaching phrasing
• Understanding the horizontal part of the conducting gesture and its role as the primary method of communication to singers
This book continues the pedagogy contained in The Anatomy of Tone; The Choral Warm-Up and Intonational Solfege, and together with the companion 1-3-5 Essential Choral Exercises book it is a landmark work for choral conductors and choirs.