MUSIC 8 CATCH UP (all blocks)

In addition to your drumline, parts A and B, you need:

How to Listen: https://edu.rockhall.com/templink/5e2b7b917590e

Vocal Science worksheet Part I and II:

https://prezi.com/bhpq-uq2bfw0/the-science-of-the-voice/

*** For part III, use this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epNEiWCpslo

Vocal Science : Reflection. Due Feb 3/4

1) How would you tell someone who didn't know how to stand for singing how to stand?

2) Why do you think it is a good idea for singers to know about Vocal Science?

3) What is the Layrnx (use your own words)? What vibrates the larynx? What causes this to vibrate and make sound?

4) Fill in the blank. When you breathe in, your ribs lift _____, causing the space in your lungs to have __________ _________________. This causes the air to rush ___________ _______ ________

5) What is one (or more!) thing you find intriguing or surprising about this unit? Why?

Listening

Stand by Me 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQxHxloG854

How is the ostinato used?

Stand by Me 2: https://youtu.be/Us-TVg40ExM

1) How many locations were the musicians in?

2) Pick 2 locations and describe what is going on - what instruments are they using? how?

Music 8 1-3, 1-4

In Class: Listening log, drumming eighths, quarters, 16ths, practiced playing rhythms on the counting sheet.

Listening Log

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbBNsz_dAN0&t=661s

Title: Touch the Sound

Performer: Evelyn Glennie

Question: What is a sound from around 2:00-9:00 that you found unusual/interesting/surprising? Describe the sound. How was it made? Was it high or low? Why did it intrigue you?

Music 8 - Singing Changes your Brain

Group singing has been scientifically proven to lower stress, relieve anxiety, and elevate endorphins

By Stacy Horn @StacyHorn Aug. 16, 2013

When you sing, musical vibrations move through you, altering your physical and emotional landscape. Group singing, for those who have done it, is the most exhilarating and transformative of all. It takes something incredibly intimate, a sound that begins inside you, shares it with a roomful of people and it comes back as something even more thrilling: harmony. So it’s not surprising that group singing is on the rise. According to Chorus America, 32.5 million adults sing in choirs, up by almost 10 million over the past six years.

Many people think of church music when you bring up group singing, but there are over 270,000 choruses across the country and they include gospel groups to show choirs like the ones depicted in Glee to strictly amateur groups like Choir! Choir! Choir! singing David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World.

As the popularity of group singing grows, science has been hard at work trying to explain why it has such a calming yet energizing effect on people. What researchers are beginning to discover is that singing is like an infusion of the perfect tranquilizer, the kind that both soothes your nerves and elevates your spirits.

The elation may come from endorphins, a hormone released by singing, which is associated with feelings of pleasure. Or it might be from oxytocin, another hormone released during singing, which has been found to alleviate anxiety and stress. Oxytocin also enhances feelings of trust and bonding, which may explain why still more studies have found that singing lessens feelings of depression and loneliness. A very recent study even attempts to make the case that “music evolved as a tool of social living,” and that the pleasure that comes from singing together is our evolutionary reward for coming together cooperatively, instead of hiding alone, every cave-dweller for him or herself.

The benefits of singing regularly seem to be cumulative. In one study, singers were found to have lower levels of cortisol, indicating lower stress. A very preliminary investigation suggesting that our heart rates may sync upduring group singing could also explain why singing together sometimes feels like a guided group meditation. Study after study has found that singing relieves anxiety and contributes to quality of life. Dr. Julene K. Johnson, a researcher who has focused on older singers, recently began a five year study to examine group singing as an affordable method to improve the health and well-being of older adults.

It turns out you don’t even have to be a good singer to reap the rewards. According to one 2005 study, group singing “can produce satisfying and therapeutic sensations even when the sound produced by the vocal instrument is of mediocre quality.” Singing groups vary from casual affairs where no audition is necessary to serious, committed professional or avocational choirs like the Los Angeles Master Chorale or my chorus in New York City, which I joined when I was 26 and depressed, all based on a single memory of singing in a choir at Christmas, an experience so euphoric I never forgot it.