A Choir's Guide To Surviving Music Theory
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Voicing
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About This Piece
Perfect for young choirs and music classrooms, this high-energy piece brings musical terminology to life—literally! Each term is not only explained, but demonstrated in real time, making it a dynamic and interactive way to reinforce musical concepts. With playful shifts in key, tempo, dynamics, and articulation, the piece invites theatrical elements, movement, and expressive delivery, making every performance both engaging and educational. Whether as a concert feature or a classroom favorite, it’s a joyful and memorable way to build musicality while having a blast.
Details
- Voicing
- 2-Part
- Composer
- Aaron Gage
- Duration
- 2:28
Aaron is a composer of both classical and contemporary music. He has been commissioned and performed by groups such as the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Montgomery County Youth Chorus, the Youth Chorus of Kansas City, the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra, the Metro Voices of the Alexandria Harmonizers, the Albuquerque Concert Band, and many others. He holds a Master's degree in Music Composition from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor's degree in Music Composition from Berklee College of Music. He is currently a high school General Music teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. Aaron's music is published with Endeavor and Walton Publishing.
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There are many types of musical terms. So we thought we’d sing them to help you learn. Like starting with a theme we call a melody, and splitting voices so we form a harmony. Notice how it’s happy? We’re in a major key. But when it shifts to minor now it’s sad, you see? This tempo is allegro, which means we’re singing fast. And then we sing adagio, slow to make it last. It’s fun to sing the music with our terminology. Expressing each idea to build our musicality! There’s piano, singing softly. Mezzo piano, mediumly. Crescendo, getting louder. We’re loud with forte leading us into fortissimo! It’s fun to sing the music with our terminology. Expressing each idea to build our musicality! Really short notes are staccato they are quick to break the flow. And legato, moving smoothly. And if we want notes held we sing fermata! It’s fun to sing the music with our terminology. Expressing each idea to build our musicality! One! Four! Five! One! Cadence says we’re done! by Aaron Gage