Concert Choir, Thursday 12/08/16

Rehearsal Notes and Assignments:
-Today we split into our Music Theory groups again and completed a worksheet. Mrs. Patchett gave a mini lesson on natural, harmonic, and melodic minors!
Group 1- Time Signature and Meter Worksheet
Groups 2 & 3- Minor Scales Worksheet
-If you were absent, please pick up your group's worksheet tomorrow
-Toward the end of class to work on sight singing, we read a piece of music that was handed out and got through it in our voice parts identifying the solfege in the song

Homework: If you forgot to print your musictheory.net progress report that was due today, please bring it in tomorrow with your name and roll call number at the top :)

Music Theory: We worked on relative minors. When given a minor key, to figure out the key signature, you must first find the relative major. To do this, you simply go up two notes or you go "la ti do". For example, if it says b flat minor, you go up two notes to get D major... except that's wrong!!! Because now that you've found the major key, you have to think to yourself "hmmm.. is there a B flat in a D major scale?" And the answer is no, so you would have to bring the D down a half step to make it D flat major! B flat minor's relative major is D flat major. Now there are three different types of scales and this is how you draw them:
Natural Minor: Draw in Key signature, no accidentals
Harmonic Minor: Draw in Key signature, raise the 7th note a half step ascending and descending
Melodic Minor: Draw in Key signature, raise 6th and 7th note a half step ascending, then make it a natural Minor descending
*If you still need help with this, come to tutorials :)

Announcements:

The Band Concert is 7 pm this Friday 

The Nutcracker opens Thursday and runs through Saturday - it is free and open to the public.

Mrs. Patchett and the librarians need help getting music organized- if you can stay after school Thursday or Friday -please see Mrs. Patchett at the end of class. 

The chorus is having a Spirit Night on Tuesday Dec 13 at Freddy’s from 5-8. Plan to eat dinner at Freddy’s next Tuesday night. 

If you have not paid for your concert attire or fully fundraised your concert attire, please pay the difference by Dec. 12. 

Lowes Food - If your family would like to purchase Lowes Food Gift Cards please turn in money by Friday Dec 9. This is a great opportunity to provide money for your student account and purchase christmas gifts for family and friends! 

If your family donated a poinsettia, please pick it up. It is in the back window of the chorus room