It is expected that members of choirs are not all musically educated nor should that be made a requirement of membership. Thus, such responsibility is laid upon the one leading the choir.<\/p>\n
Basic musical theory foundation needs to be built in each individual. Therefore, familiarity with basic scales is necessary.<\/p>\n
I believe a few selection of hymns under C-Major (Not tranposed) would suffice such need (For example: Hymn 238: Till He Come-O Let the Words, http:\/\/www.christianstudy.com\/data\/hymns\/midi\/lifehymns\/238.mid<\/a>). And after basic mastery of intervals and harmonies, further introduction into other keys. follows.<\/p>\n [@more@]It is also important to note of the decision on teaching how to read just the non-staff scores is not quite enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is expected that members of choirs are not all musically educated nor should that be made a requirement of membership. Thus, such responsibility is laid upon the one leading the choir. Basic musical theory foundation needs to be built … Continue reading