DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Subject: CHOIR I __1__ Semester

Grade: 9-12 _2000-01_ Year

	TOPIC	ESSENTIAL QUESTION
AUGUST	Essentials to proper tone production posture staff beats conduct Music read skills Vowel modification	How is proper singing posture essential for good singing? How are music readings important to your musical development? Why is vowel modification necessary for good choral sound?
SEPTEMBER	Rhythm reading Music repeat signs. Performance standards	How does rhythm reading help you to perform with others? Why would repeat signs be used? Why do we do live performances?
OCTOBER	More music symbols	Why is music called the universal language?
NOVEMBER	Repeats and dynamics	How do we use the dynamic contrast to create musical feeling?
DECEMBER	Seasonal concert	How was this performance easier or more difficult than Fall Concert and why?
JANUARY	Rhythm counting and intervals	How can identifying intervals help you sign the written melody?
FEBRUARY	Major scales	How do scales relate to the music we sing?
MARCH	Key signatures Winter concert	What do key signatures tell us? How is this concert experience easier or more difficult than the first two and why?
APRIL	Chromatic scales Meter studies	Why do chromatic scales use sharps going up and flats going down? What does a meter signature tell you?
MAY	Unusual meters and rhythms	What dictates the use of unusual meters?