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• to allow participants to play around with the ‘voice break’ which
often features in kulning melodies and Scandinavian folk singing
• to teach participants some kulning-melodies
• to teach participants some examples of typical lockrop used to
herd the animals
• to inspire participants to be playful with their voices and
experiment with the tools, sounds and melodies they were being
taught.
Below are some examples of exercises we used repeatedly during
the week. Several of these exercises and kulning melodies come
from the book Kulning – Musiken och tekniken (Kulning – Music and
technology).99
Warm-ups
Here are some examples of warm-up exercises to find the placement and
sound typical to kulning.
Link to audio
Vallåtsmodus
In this exercise the melody moves between the fixed notes which make up
the vallåtsmodus, the modality typical to kulning.
Image sheet music
Link to audio
Tulleritova
This is an exercise in moving across the voice break, which is a voice
practice typical to kulning and Scandinavian folk music.
Image sheet music
Link to audio
Lockrop
Here are some examples of lockrop participants learned during the week.
Link to audio and words
Kulning melodies
Here are some examples of kulning melodies participants learned during
the week.
Link to audio
99 Rosenberg, S (2007) Kulning - Musiken och tekniken. Stockholm: Udda Toner.
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