Music Strand 3: Singing

This week’s tutorial experience influenced me to teach students about posture prior to singing. A good posture gives us “…a feeling of centeredness, of well-being in ourselves”, hence increases our self-esteem (Nair, 2007, p.81). Thus, in my future classroom, I would get students to practice the pitch accuracy warm-up exercise 1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, with a straight and confident posture.

I was also convinced that young children should be taught to sing in different voice ranges to make singing more appealing. Getting children to sing in similar voice ranges makes it sound plain. Getting them to sing in different voice ranges makes the tune sound grander. This will increase their interest to participate in singing an unknown and uninteresting song. This is something I would get my future students to do. 

Apart from these activities, I would get students to clap the rhythm as they move and sing. According to Blair & McCord (2016), music and rhythm help them in learning and remembering information and skills, which they can apply when learning other curriculum subjects. This will be beneficial when children want to memorize how to spell difficult vocabulary, number patterns and scientific terminologies.   

References
Blair, D. V., & McCord, K. A. (2016). Exceptional music pedagogy for children with exceptionalities: International perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press. 
Nair, G. (2007). The craft of singing. San Diego, California: Plural Publishing.