Choral Intonation Exercises Sampler

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Choral Intonation Exercises

Table of Contents
3 A Note to the Director

6 Exercise #1: Audiation, Onsets, Blend

7 Exercise #2: Unisons of Pitch and Vowel

9 Exercise #3: Perfect Pentachords

11 Exercise #4: Tuning the Major Mode

14 Exercise #5: Tuning the Minor Mode

17 Exercise #6: Tuning Mi and Me

19 Exercise #7: Tuning Non-Chord Tones Within the Modes

22 Notes on Exercises #8-18

23 Exercise #8: Chromatic Intervals Within the 5th

24 Exercise #9: Tuning Within Changing Harmonies

25 Exercise #10: Expanding and Contracting into Consonance

26 Exercise #11: Fifths in Audiation

27 Exercise #12: Controlled Diphthongs

28 Exercise #13: Fourths in Audiation

29 Exercise #14: Finding Balance in Harmony

30 Exercise #15: Suspensions as Accented Dissonance

31 Exercise #16a: Sharpening the Bass, Tempering the Soprano


Exercise #16b: Sharpening the Alto, Tempering the Tenor

32 Exercise #17: The Omnibus Progression

33 Exercise #18: Rhythmic Arpeggiations

37 Bibliography

38 Biography

39 Questions for Consideration

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