3rd Edition

FULL VOICE
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WORKBOOK SERIES
Introductory Level
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Welcome to the 3rd Edition FULL VOICE® Workbook Series
These workbooks have been researched and developed for singers working with a vocal teacher in private
or classroom lessons. Every FULL VOICE lesson has fun and educational activities that encourage vocal
students to sing, listen, read and write music. These workbooks complement any lesson regardless of the
teaching style or repertoire preferred by student or teacher.

Introductory Level - For students ages 5-7 who are new to music lessons.

Level One - For students who have completed the Introductory Level, or the starting level for students ages
7 and up who have introductory music lesson experience (private, classroom or choral). Also suitable for
older students who are new to music lessons.

Level Two - For students who have completed Level One, or students who are confident counting eighth
notes and sight singing in C Major.

Level Three - For students who have completed Level Two, or students who are confident counting dotted
quarter notes, singing and identifying intervals and sight singing in C, F and G Major.

FULL VOICE® Teacher Resource and Curriculum Guide (Available Online Only)
This indispensable e-book makes teaching easier with:
Ÿ an overview of the FULL VOICE Workbook Series;
Ÿ recommendations for effective lesson pacing;
Ÿ recommendations for structuring fun and educational vocal music lessons;
Ÿ recommendations for teaching musical concepts to young vocal students;
Ÿ additional reproducible lesson materials for your teaching studio.

Download the FULL VOICE® Teacher Resource & Curriculum Guide at

www.thefullvoice.com

Acknowledgements
Thank you to all the students, teachers and parents who have participated in the FULL VOICE test groups over
the past ten years. We are truly grateful to all the print music specialists and music retailers that have supported
the FULL VOICE Workbook Series since the first edition printing in 2004.

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FVM-IL ISBN 978-1-897539-12-5 FULL VOICE Workbook - Introductory Level

FULL FVM-L1 ISBN 978-1-897539-13-2 FULL VOICE Workbook - Level One
VOICE FVM-L2 ISBN 978-1-897539-14-9 FULL VOICE Workbook - Level Two
music FVM-L3 ISBN 978-1-897539-15-6 FULL VOICE Workbook - Level Three
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

One Tonic Sol-fa: DO to MI 4

Two Tonic Sol-fa: DO to SO 6
Three Tonic Sol-fa: DO to DO’ 8
Four Tonic Sol-fa Scale / Quarter Notes and Half Notes 10
Five Breathing / Clapping and Counting / Whole Notes 12

Review One 14

Six Tonic Sol-fa Without Hand Signs /Counting and Singing / Dotted Half Notes 16
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
Ten Musical Alphabet / Note Names on the Music Staff / Note Names: Middle C and D 24

Review Two 26

Eleven Technical Exercises / Learning Line Notes 28

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

Introductory Level Review 50

Additional Music Writing Activities

Additional Rhythm Reading Exercises 52
Performance Assessment Form #2 and #3 54
Mini Recital 55
Repertoire List 56
 TONIC SOL- FA: DO TO MI Date: __________________________

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.

Here are the first three hand signs of

the tonic sol-fa scale.

DO RE MI Your teacher will show you how to

sing and sign them.

1. — Sing and sign the first three notes of the scale with your teacher slowly.
a) Sing and sign repeating notes.

Repeating notes stay at

the same pitch.
DO DO DO

b) Sing and sign ascending notes.

Ascending means that the

pitch moves higher.
MI
RE
DO

c) Sing and sign descending notes.

MI Descending means that the

RE pitch moves lower.
DO

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2. ! Write the name of the hand sign then sing the following melodies.

a)

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

b)

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

3. ! Fill in the missing tonic sol-fa syllable.

a) b)
MI
RE
DO

c) d)

RE RE

LESSON REVIEW: TONIC SOL-FA DO TO MI ü

1.— Sing and sign DO to MI ascending from memory. (1 mark)
2. — Sing and sign DO to MI descending from memory. (1 mark)

3. — Sing and sign DO to MI ascending and descending from memory. (2 marks)

4. O Listen to your teacher play a different starting note on the piano.

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 TONIC SOL- FA: DO TO SO Date: __________________________

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

b) Sing and sign descending notes.

SO
FA
MI
RE
DO

c) Sing and sign repeating notes.

RE RE
DO DO DO

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 TONIC SOL- FA: DO TO SO !
2. ! Write the names of the hand signs.

a)

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

b)

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

3. ! Fill in the missing tonic sol-fa syllables in the boxes.

SO
a) b)
MI
DO

FA
c) d)
RE

LESSON REVIEW: TONIC SOL-FA DO TO SO ü

1. — Sing and sign DO to SO ascending from memory. (1 mark)
2. — Sing and sign DO to SO descending from memory. (1 mark)

3. — Sing and sign DO to SO ascending and descending. (2 marks)

4. O Listen to your teacher play a different starting note on the piano.
Can you sing DO to SO after hearing the new starting note? (1 mark)
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 TONIC SOL- FA: DO TO DO’ Date: __________________________

1.— Sing and sign the entire scale ascending and descending.
DO’ 2. — Sing the scale descending only.

TI 3. — Sing the following patterns.

a) Sing from DO to SO.

LA b) Sing from DO to FA.

c) Sing from DO to MI.
SO
4. — Sing the following melodies without using hand signs.
FA MI
a) DO DO DO RE

MI FA SO
b)
DO RE MI

RE 5. ! Write your own tonic sol-fa melody.

6. — Sing your melody. (Or make your teacher sing it!)

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 tonic sol-fa hand sign cards on the wall
or 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?

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 TONIC SOL- FA: DO TO DO’ !
8. ! Write the name of the hand sign below each picture, then sing the following melodies.

a)

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

b)

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

9. ! Fill in the missing tonic sol-fa syllables in the boxes.

a)
DO’

b) SO
FA

LESSON REVIEW: TONIC SOL-FA DO TO DO’ ü

1. — Sing and sign the ascending tonic sol-fa scale for your teacher, without
looking at your book. (5 marks)

2. — Sing and sign the descending tonic sol-fa scale for your teacher, without
looking at your book. (5 marks)
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