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- Where the work in
the the previous lesson sends and this begins may
vary according to the way individual teachers and
their classes approach these. The intention of
this stage is for your students communicate the
music they have studied, learnt and rehearsed to
a familiar audience. They might, for example,
perform favoured rehearsed works first to another
class, or for an assembly of their peers or
juniors. Or they might invite another staff
member, the principal or another class or classes
to be the audience for a dress rehearsal of items
practised so far. If the musicality of their
presentations is to be refined and enhanced,
students ought to be encouraged before, during
and after rehearsals and performances to be
constructively critical. This should include how
they function and present musically as
individuals, groups and as a class.
- You might like to
introduce 'Chamak Raha', explaining that this is
a patriotic song from Fiji. Like the text for 'Tu
Dayalu' these lyrics have been transcribed from
the Hindi alphabet in which its words would
normally be represented, into a phonetic
equivalent. The idea is that the vowels and
consonents are pronounced in a standard phonetic
way.
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Once they know the rules the students can
use these to correctly pronounce all of the words. Sing a
line of the words and music and have your students repeat
these after you. Sing the song together a number of times
until you are satisfied that your students will remember
it. Now, with a
possible concert in mind, begin to revise and rehearse
musical items learned so far. Discuss the organisation of
a concert program. For example you might direct
discussion to look at the balance, flow, contrast and
expectations of a more junior audience. Also asks
students to think about ways they might extend the
effectiveness of the songs.
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