I grew up in rural Southwest Virginia in a little community called Emory. I have always loved music and making things. I am a retired elementary music teacher and currently enjoy teaching private music lessons, leading community singing and creating interactive music exhibits in my music garden. I hope to share these creations with the larger community.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
notating "Skip to My Lou" in 3 keys
I hope you'll take the challenge and try to write out the notation for the song "Skip to My Lou". Watch the video to get you started. You'll need staff paper and pencil or you can print out this large staff and use pennies as moveable notes. The melody of "Skip to My Lou" outlines the tonic triad (I) and then the dominant seventh chord (V7) and ends with stepwise motion to end on "do" (surprise, surprise). Remember that sight singing is a skill and, just like any other skill, it takes practice. Don't worry if you don't get all of the solfege syllables correct. The most important thing is that you are hearing the intervals when you see them on the page.