8 Steps To Harmonization
From Hal Leonard
by Catherine DeLanoy, with Joyce Grimes Robatcek
Laying The Foundation For Successful Part-Singing
Lay the foundation for successful part-singing with this unique and valuable resource. It provides a step-by-step path for teaching young choirs how to sing harmony, building a bridge that transitions between elementary and high school music reading. Perfect for middle school, this can be easily adapted for younger and older singers. Each step in this book offers several songs that will give choirs the practice they need to master each type of harmonization. These arrangements will be an important bridge leading to more accuracy in your regular performance octavos. The enclosed CD-ROM includes MP3 recordings of piano accompaniments and a folder of PDFs of the piano/vocal scores for projection or printing options. The progressive steps used to teach harmonization involve these familiar song styles:
- unison
- ostinato
- echoes
- descants
- partner songs
- rounds
- polyphonic
- homophonic songs
(Grades 5-9)
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