TIPS The Child Voice

by Runfola, Maria; Rutkowski, Joanne; Goetze, Mary; Bacon, Terrence; Bugos, Kristen; Cooper, Shelley; Dansereau, Diana; Etopio, Elisabeth; Gravelle, Heather; Chen-Haftek, Lily; Hickel, Deborah; Hornbach, Christina; Huang, Yi-Ting; Jordan, James; Lee, Jooyoun

• ISBN13: 9781607092902
• ISBN10: 1607092905
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

This second edition of TIPS: The Child Voice was prepared in response to demand for an updated and expanded version of the highly successful 1997 edition. This edition takes into account the broadening base of information regarding the nature of the singing voice. Now with strategies for the voice in transition during early adolescence, as well as strategies, games and activities to nurture the voice in early childhood, you'll find more suggestions for selecting materials and more recommended sources and resources. Also new are sample materials and activities, but you'll still find TIPS to use in student portfolios. These ideas, culled from scholars and experienced teachers, should prove useful to not only music educators, but also early childhood specialists, middle school teachers, and everyone working with students during those critical times of development of our natural instrument . . . the singing voice.

Author Biography

Maria Runfola, coordinator of music education at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, is a specialist in arts assessment, curriculum development, and classroom music, pre-K through middle level. Her primary research interest is the development of music audiation in very young children as it may impact emergent literacy achievement. Joanne Rutkowski, professor and coordinator of music education at The Pennsylvania State University, is an early childhood and elementary general music specialist with expertise in learning theory, musical development, curriculum, and assessment. Her research has focused on the nature of children's singing voices and strategies for helping all children become successful singers.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Nature of the Child Singing Voice	p. 1
TIPS for Nurturing the Singing Voice in Early Childhood	p. 5
TIPS for Nurturing the Singing Voice in Childhood	p. 9
Assessing the Singing Voice	p. 9
Providing Models and Feedback to Children	p. 13
Getting Ready to Sing (Posture and Breathing)	p. 16
Gaining Confidence in Singing	p. 19
Exploring the Voice and Singing More Accurately	p. 21
Distinguishing Speaking versus Singing	p. 32
Encouraging Individual Singing	p. 34
Encouraging Singing Outside the Classroom	p. 40
TIPS for Nurturing the Singing Voice in Transition	p. 43
TIPS for Selecting Song Materials	p. 49
TIPS for Starting and Teaching Songs	p. 51
TIPS for Singing in Parts	p. 57
Echo and Dialogue Songs	p. 58
Rondos, Rounds, and Ostinati	p. 60
Focus on Harmonic Function	p. 61
Partner and Combinable Songs	p. 64
Countermelodies and Descants	p. 65
Beginning Two-Part Songs and Advanced Rounds	p. 66
Two-Part Singing	p. 67
Sources and Resources	p. 69
Books and Articles	p. 69
Song Books	p. 70
Recordings	p. 71
Acknowledgments	p. 73
Enhancing the Development of Pitch Perception and Production through Learning a Tonal Language	p. 75
Background	p. 75
Cantonese Language and Its Nine Tones	p. 76
A Lesson on Cantonese Language and Cantonese Song	p. 77
Singing Voice Development Measure	p. 83
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