Course: Choir

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Course title Choir
Course code KH1/7971
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotná Dana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The voice system, functioning and proper use . 2. Proper principles of vocal expression - a position the center of gravity , the deployment of voice, voice registers . 3. Division into vocal groups - the specifics of working with a child's voice . 4. Proper use of voice - speaking and singing technique 5. The right tone creation , deployment , ringing . 6. Selection of a suitable material choral art music and pop music . 7. Introduction to the arrangements for the children's choir . 8. Working with adaptations of folk and artificial songs . 9th Voice grounding in singing polyphonic songs . Mastering 10th homophonic scores. 11. Practical outcomes . 12. Final summary - realization of credit requirements.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim is to gain the experience and skills of choral singing, the specifics of working with children's choir, mastering editing scores artificial and folk songs, familiarization with modifications spirituals and classical music for children's choir. Basic knowledge of the vocal tract, its functioning and proper use, the division into vocal groups, working with the children's choir. Obtaining vocal skills through breathing, voice and articulation exercises and their application to work with children. The aim is to develop basic singing skills, familiarity with basic musical concepts through practical vocal činností.Praktický seminar on the work of breathing, voice and psychosomatic possibilities of voice.
Student will be able to properly use their voice and be aware of the fundamental error of deficiencies in its use. Realizing the specifics of working with children's choir. They will acquire the elementary principles of vocal hygiene, which will be able to use in their teaching practice. Become familiar through elementary musical activities with the basic concepts of music theory. They will be able to handle the role of choirmaster simple homophonic and polyphonic score.
Prerequisites
Student sings homophone for polyphonic score. Will be able to analyze in detail the musical material. Can choose the appropriate lyric material and methodologically process it. Then it can directly implement in educational practice with accepting age and individual peculiarities of children. Based on practical experience with your own voice can recognize basic errors in spoken and vocal expression of children. In the role of choirmaster realizes modification or artificial folk songs, and editing canon of classical music.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Practical completion of the course - active participation in the seminar. Study of literature.
Recommended literature
  • Coblenzer, H.- Muhar, F. Dech a hlas / Návod k dobré mluvě /, Praha, DAMU 2001.
  • KIML, J. Knížka o zpívání..
  • MARTIENSSENOVÁ - LOHMANOVÁ, F. Vzdělaný pěvec. Vědomé zpívání.. Praha AMU, 1994.
  • MATULOVÁ, S. Co máme vědět o hlasu.. Praha, Supraphon, 1989.
  • PRUCHA, J. Pedagogický výzkum. Praha: UK, 1995.. Praha: UK, 1995.
  • ŠTEMBERGOVÁ -KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ, Š. Metodika mluvní výchovy dětí.
  • Tichá, A. Učíme děti zpívat. Portál, s.r.o. Praha 2005.
  • Vrchotová - Pátová, J. Didaktika zpěvu. Plzeň: ZČU, 1997.


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