Individual and Group Choral Speaking
Individual and Group Choral Speaking :
In the individual speaking or what is popularly known as ‘Line-a-Child’ choral speaking, individual children say some lines while groups recite or the whole class recites the other line. The following rhymes clearly illustrate this type of choral speaking.
DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING
ALL : Diddle Diddle Dumpling
My son John
PUPIL 1 : Went to bed with his trousers on
PUPIL 2 : One shoe off and one shoe on
ALL : Diddle Diddle Dumpling
My son John
SOLOMAN GRUNDY
ALL : Soloman Gurndy born on Monday
PUPIL1 : Christened on Tuesday
PUPIL 2 : Married on Wednesday
PUPIL 3 : Very ill on Thursday
PUPIL 4 : Worse on Friday
PUPIL 5 : Died on Saturday
PUPIL 6 : Buried on Sunday
All: This is the end of Solomon Grundy
In antiphonal rhymes contrasting voices, that is, light /high-pitched / lowpitched /heavy/happy can be used to convey the mood, atmosphere and rhythm of the rhyme, starting with a light, cheerful mood, progressing in a voice filled with quiet happiness, continuing in a growing atmosphere of sadness and concluding on a note of grief.
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