Choir Builders

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• Philosophy and Goals
• How to Use This Book

Chapter 1 - Preparation

• Posture Perfect
• Rhythm Calisthenics

Chapter 2 - Unison Building Songs and Exercises

• May We Follow You?
• Wee Oh Wee!
• Ah! Phrase (Descending)
• Syncopation Sound
• Sports-Ah!
• Hippety Hop!
• Space To Hold A Ping-Pong Ball
• Two Tigers Tango
• Falling Snowflakes
• How Wide The Sky
• Moving Over Mountains
• How Do You Do?
• The Minor Third
• Ah! Phrase (Ascending)
• Go Team, Go!
• Cantante Con Expresión
• Long Phrases
• Tell Me What You Know
• I Will Sing This Song For You
• Diction Understood?

Chapter 3 - UNISON (OPT. 2-PART) Building Songs and Exercises

• Soap Opera
• Up Above The Tree
• Soda Pop Cans (2-Part Treble)
• All Over Town
• Feel The Subdivision
• Corral The Chorale
• Too-Re-Loo-Re-Loo
• Takin' A Trip Around The World
• Miner Forty-Niner

Chapter 4 - 2-PART TREBLE OR MIXED Building Songs and Exercises

• May We Follow You? (2-Part)
• Ring Dem Bells
• The Growing Phrase
• Intervallic Expansion
• Triplets
• Two Note Phrases (Sixths)
• Two Note Phrases (Tenths)
• Stagger Your Breathing
• Willow Tree
• Canoe Song
• Oh Shenandoah
• Soon I Will Be Done
• Doo Bah Doo Bah
• I Will Sing This Song For You (Canon)

Chapter 5 - 3 or 4-PART MIXED Building Songs and Exercises

• Scale Into Harmony
• Scale With Pedal Points
• Comin' For To Carry Me Home
• Alleluia!
• Rolling River
• Midnight Into Morning
• Beyond The Setting Of The Sun
• Seven Silver Swans
• Soda Pop Cans (Mixed Voices)
• Getting Ready To Sing!

APPENDIX

• Multiple Expression Levels (M.E.L)
• Kodaly/Curwen Hand Signs
• Kodaly/Curwen Advanced Hand Signs
• Kodaly Rhythm Syllables
• National Standards for Music Education
• Basic Conducting Patterns
• Author Biography