FULL VOICE Workbooks Sample Pages
FULL VOICE Workbooks Sample Pages
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Are you looking for a fun and effective way to teach young singers?
Look no further than FULL VOICE Music! For over 25 years, our team of vocal music education
specialists has researched and developed engaging and age-appropriate resources that enhance
your private lessons and small group classes.
With the FULL VOICE Student Workbooks, you can be sure your students will enjoy your lessons
while learning valuable skills while teachers and parents can celebrate their accomplishments.
Don't just take our word for it; try the sample lessons included in this download with your
students! We guarantee that you and your young singers will have a blast and make great
progress in your lessons.
Introductory level
Developed for students ages 6 to 8 who are new to singing lessons.
Concepts are introduced slowly with plenty of review. Each activity
encourages young students to build their confidence in the private
vocal lesson or introductory small group vocal class.
The Introductory Level introduces Tonic Sol-fa (solfège) and handsigns,
simple rhythms (quarter, half, dotted half, whole notes and rests),
notes on the treble staff, and sight singing in C major.
Amazon Review Seven Tonic Sol-fa / Listening Activity / Counting and Singing / The Music Staff 18
Eight Tonic Sol-fa / Music Notes Review / Writing Notes with Stems 20
Nine Tonic Sol-fa / Counting and Singing / The Treble Clef 22
Great music theory curriculum Ten Musical Alphabet / Note Names on the Music Staff / Note Names: Middle C and D 24
for singers. I searched for a while
before I found this curriculum. Review Two 26
I couldn't be happier. Eleven Technical Exercises / Learning Line Notes 28
T. Booth Twelve Singing Legato / Listening Activity / Learning Space Notes 30
Thirteen Singing Steps / Steps on the Staff / Tonic Sol-fa Moving in Steps /
Performance Assessment # 1 32
Fourteen Singing Skips / Skips on the Staff / Tonic Sol-fa Moving in Skips 34
Fifteen Singing Steps and Skips / Tonic Sol-fa Moving in Steps and Skips /
Identifying Steps and Skips 36
Review Three 38
Sixteen Singing Steps and Skips / Tonic Sol-fa: Triad / Bar Lines, Measures
and Time Signatures 40
Seventeen Quarter Rest / Half Rest 42
Eighteen Whole Rest / Writing Rests 44
Nineteen Singing Scales / Listening Activity / Counting Rhythms with Rests 46
Twenty Singing with Dynamics / Listening Activity / Writing Music 48
Tonic sol-fa is a singing method that uses words and hand signs for every note in a scale.
Tonic sol-fa is very easy to learn and helps singers to sing out confidently. Tonic sol-fa is
also a fun activity. Your FULL VOICE workbook has lots of tonic sol-fa games and activities
for you to try with your teacher, classmates and parents.
1. � Sing and sign the first three notes of the scale with your teacher slowly.
a) Sing and sign repeating notes.
a)
b)
a) b)
MI
RE
DO
c) d)
RE RE
Can you sing DO to MI after hearing the new starting note? (1 mark) 5
DO RE MI FA SO
1. � Sing and sign the first five hand signs for your teacher.
a) Sing and sign ascending notes.
SO
FA
MI
RE
DO
SO
FA
MI
RE
DO
RE RE
DO DO DO
b)
SO
a) b)
MI
DO
FA
c) d)
RE
1.� Sing and sign the entire scale ascending and descending.
DO’ 2. � Sing the scale descending only.
MI FA SO
b)
DO RE MI
DO
7. � Have some fun with your teacher playing the following tonic sol-fa game.
FOLLOW THE LEADER
a) Have your teacher lead you by pointing to the tonic sol-fa hand sign cards on the wall
or by signing the sol-fa hand signs. Watch carefully. They can use melodies that
include ascending, descending and repeating patterns. Can you follow where
they go and sing the notes correctly?
b) Now you point to the tonic sol-fa hand sign cards and have your teacher sing the
notes back to you. Did they sing the correct notes?
a)
b)
a)
DO’
b) SO
FA
2. � Sing and sign the descending tonic sol-fa scale for your teacher, without
looking at your book. (5 marks) 10
LEVEL one
For students who have completed the Introductory Level, for young
students ages 8 to 10 who have previous music experience in lessons,
classes, or choirs, or for older students who are new to singing lessons.
Level One reviews/introduces Tonic Sol-fa (solfège) and handsigns,
simple rhythms (quarter, half, dotted half, whole notes and rests),
notes on the treble staff, and sight singing in C major.
New concepts introduced in this level are eighth notes, accidentals,
and singing and identifying intervals.
Review Three 38
TI Repeating notes
remain on the
DO DO DO same pitch.
LA
b) Sing and sign ascending.
SO
Ascending means
that the pitch
MI moves higher.
FA RE
DO
MI
c) Sing and sign descending.
Descending
RE means that the
MI pitch moves lower.
RE
DO DO
a)
b)
FA
b) SO
FA
3. � Sing the tonic sol-fa scale ascending and descending from memory. (5 marks) 5
MI FA SO
FA b) DO RE
DO RE DO RE MI
MI c)
DO
1
A quarter note is held Q Q
for one beat or count.
1 2
A half note is held for H H
two beats or counts.
w
whole note 8. � Sing whole notes using DO, RE, or MI.
9. � Practice drawing whole notes.
w
w
1 2 3 4
A whole note is held for
four beats or counts.
kH Hk
1 2 3 kH
A dotted half note is held
for three beats or counts.
c) DO RE RE MI MI
MI
DO
a) b)
1 1 2
c) d)
1. � Draw a whole note on every line. 2. � Draw a whole note in each space.
treble clef There is a symbol that is found at the beginning of the staff. This is
&
called a clef. Music for most singers is written using the treble clef.
This clef is also called the G clef. It is a fancy capital “G”. When drawn
onto the staff, it curls around the second line.
1. �
LESSON REVIEW: MUSIC STAFF AND TREBLE CLEF
Look at the music below.
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a) Circle all the notes that are written on lines. (5 marks)
b) How many half notes are there? _____ (1 mark)
10
LEVEL TWO
For students who have completed Level One or have previous music
experience and are confident counting eighth notes and sight
singing in C Major.
Level Two continues to encourage independent singing skills. This
level introduces dotted quarter notes, singing chromatic scales, and
sight singing in F and G major.
Six Technical Exercises / New Interval: Descending Perfect Octave / Single Eighth Notes
and Eighth Rests 16
My books arrived! Starting my Seven Technical Exercises / Rhythm Reading / Sight Singing 18
kiddos next week. I am a 35 Eight Tempo / Notes on the Piano Review / Identifying Intervals / Counting Ties 20
year veteran teacher and I wish Nine Technical Exercises / Key Signatures / New Key Signature: F Major / Sight Singing 22
I had written these. Bravo and Ten Technical Exercises / Identifying Notes in an Arpeggio / Rhythm Reading / Sight Singing 24
thank you!
Review Two 26
K. Lollar
Odessa, TX Eleven Arpeggio Challenge / Dotted Note Rhythms / Writing Notes with Dots / Sight Singing 28
Twelve Ascending Chromatic Scale / Interval Review / Semitones and Whole Tone Review / Sight Singing 30
Thirteen Descending Chromatic Scale / Tones, Semitones and Triads / Key Signatures 32
Fourteen Chromatic Scales / Enharmonic Equivalents / Singing Notes Unaccompanied / Sight Singing 34
Fifteen Whole Tones and Semitones / Interval Review /
Whole Tones Semitones and Enharmonic Equivalents / Sight Singing 36
Review Three 38
Sixteen Technical Exercise Review / Major and Minor Triads / New Key Signature: G Major 40
Seventeen Major and Minor Triads / New Interval: Ascending Minor Third / Rhythm Reading / Sight Singing 42
Eighteen Singing with Dynamics / Interval Review / Sight Singing Challenge 44
Nineteen Technical Exercise Challenge / Music Analysis / Ledger Lines 46
Twenty Technical Exercises / Interval Review / Notes On the Staff / Sight Singing 48
The unique sound of the major scale is due to the pattern of whole tones and semitones.
Semitones are found between the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th degrees of the scale.
TONE TONE SEMITONE TONE TONE TONE SEMITONE
Q
Q
3. � How many beats does a half note/rest get?
4. � What space does the half rest sit in?________
half note / rest
5. � Practice drawing half notes and rests.
H H
6. � How many beats does a dotted half note get?
dotted half note 7. � Practice drawing dotted half notes.
kH Hk
���
���
a)
a)
4. � Discuss with your teacher why the composer chose to use these articulation
markings in the music.
��� � �� � ���� �
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
� � � � � � �
a)
b)
LEVEL THREE
For students who have completed Level Two or have previous music
experience and are confident counting dotted quarter notes, singing
and identifying intervals, and sight singing in F and G Major.
Level Three introduces sixteenth notes, singing minor scales, and
sight singing in D Major.
etc, in a fun and integrated way Two Major Scale Review / Rhythm Reading Review / Ledger Lines Review / Interval Review 6
such that the student is Three Chromatic Scale Review / Interval Review / Sight Singing in C Major Review 8
learning through playfulness, Four Major and Minor Exercise Review / Singing Ascending Minor Thirds /
which is really the best way to Notes on the Staff Review / Rhythm Reading 10
learn! I now use this series with Five Major and Minor Arpeggios / Singing Notes From a Minor Triad /
Repertoire Challenge / Key Signature Review / Sight Singing 12
all my students, and have
found it really helps with my Review One 14
lesson planning and creates a Six Technical Exercises / Sight Singing / New Key Signature: D Major /
certain standard for all lessons. Sight Singing in D Major 16
Thank you for this program! Seven Singing Natural Minor Scales / Repeat Signs and More 18
J. Pearl Eight Singing Natural Minor Scales / Interval Review / Viva Voce / Sight Singing 20
Nine Harmonic Minor Scales / Identifying Scales / Note Names 22
Ten Harmonic Minor Scales / Relative Minor Key Signatures /
New Interval: Descending Perfect Fifth / Sight Singing 24
I like that it teaches the students
Review Two 26
how to read... taking it down to
basic steps. Incorporating this for Eleven Arpeggios and Scales / New Interval: Major Sixth / Sixteenth Notes 28
5-10 minutes per week will greatly Twelve Singing Larger Intervals / Ear Training Review / Viva Voce: Music Analysis /
Sixteenth Notes / Sight Singing 30
increase the music literacy of a
vocal music program. Thirteen Major Arpeggios / Rhythm Challenge 32
Fourteen Major and Minor Arpeggios / Descending Interval Review / Music Theory Review /
Christopher John Mientus Sight Singing 34
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Fifteen Chromatic Scale Review / Ear Training Review / Musical Terms / Sight Singing 36
Review Three 38
a) Major scale.
b) Major triad.
c) Draw flats beside the correct notes to make this major triad a minor triad.
d) Arpeggio.
c) _______ to _______
a) c)
b)
3. � What kind of scale moves in semitones?
_____________________________________
a)
b)
5. � What is another name for a whole tone?
c) (circle the correct answers)
Major 2nd step skip
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b) ______ and ________
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c) ______ and ________
a) b) c)
1. � Sing the major scale ascending and descending without assistance using:
a) tonic sol-fa �� b) note names �� c) vowel sounds �
2. � A major scale is a pattern of whole tones and semitones. Mark the semitones
with a slur on the scale above.
3. � Write the pattern of tones (T) and semitones (ST) that makes a major scale.
4. �Identify each pair of sol-fa syllables as a whole tone (WT) or semitone (ST).
WT ST WT ST
RE – MI�� �� TI – LA�� �
DO – RE�� �� MI – FA�� �
SO – LA � �� FA – SO�� �
DO’ – TI� � � LA – TI� � �
a)
1. � Identify the tonic sol-fa syllables that you use for each interval.
INTERVAL REVIEW
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2. � Identify the melody, exercise or song you use to correctly sing the interval.
3. � Sing the following intervals after your teacher has played a starting note.
happy singing!
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