53 Sight Singing Assignment

Rhythm: Double Dotting and Subdivision

Prepare both parts with a partner, with both of you conducting and chanting “Tah.” Also prepare the rhythmic duet alone, clapping one part and chanting the other, then switching parts at the repeat. Aim for absolute precision.

Double Dotting in Melodic Context

George Frideric Handel, Oboe Concerto HWV 302a, I.

Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 67, Hob. I:67, II.

Jean-Baptiste Lully, Armide, LWV 71, Overture

More Difficult Subdivisions of the Beat; More Leaps

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 59, No. 19

Johann Sebastian Bach, “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 5, II.

Catch

A catch is similar to a round, but doesn’t require the first singer to start alone. This catch by Henry Harington (1727-1816) requires three singers. The first singer starts at rehearsal 1. The second singer starts at the same time as the first singer, but at rehearsal 2. The third singer starts at the same time as the first two singers, but at rehearsal 3. Singer 1 sings from the beginning to end of the score. Singer 2 sings from rehearsal 2 to to the end and immediately segues into rehearsal 1, finishing at the end of this section. Singer 3 sings from rehearsal 3 to the end and immediately segues into rehearsal 1, finishing at the end of the second section.

Henry Harington, “O, That I Had Wings Like a Dove!”