Look Out Below (Sight Reading)

This worksheet for 'Look Out Below (Sight Reading)' begins with exercises to prepare students for sight-reading the song.

With a number of large leaps, and use of "fi" (sharpened "fa"), this provides some challenging sight-reading!

STEP 1: Clap selected rhythms from the song.

STEP 2: Sing exercises in solfa to practise intervals from the song.

STEP 3: Sing an excerpt from the song in solfa from the staff (a few hints in solfa included).

Useful for practising:

  • rhythms in compound time
  • the melodic element 'fi'.
  • larger intervals (4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths).
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Kodály Analysis:

Look Out Below (Sight Reading) Theme: Australian Games:
Partner: Form: Song Type:
Scale: Major CSP: C Age: Middle Secondary - Upper Secondary
Tones: s low ti low d finalis r m f fi s l Rhythm: ; ; ; ; ;  
Melodic: s low d m ; m f m ; m fi s ; m fi m ; m d ; d fi d ; d ti low ; ti low fi ; fi ti low fi ; fi s m ; s f r ; d l ; l ti low ; d finalis ; d s d ; d l d ; d ti low d
Prac: Major, fi

 

Origin:
Source: MySongFile.com

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