Dos Rios Music students will be learning and studying Kodaly Hand signs and solfege this fall. We will learn the hand sign for each music syllable-do,re,mi,fa,so,la, and ti and practice signing and singing at the same time!
Curwen/Glover Hand Signs The Kodály approach emphasizes the importance of learning how to sing on pitch. In the 18th century, John Spencer Curwen drew upon an earlier music teaching system known as Norwich Sol-fa, which had been devised by Sarah Glover, and developed hand signs to go with the solfege syllables (do re mi, etc.). Kodály integrated these hand signs into his teaching methods. Hand signs are a way of giving a physical placement for a vocal pitch. The low "do" begins at your midsection. Each pitch is then above the previous one. Thus, you have the hand signs going up when the pitch goes up. The upper "do" is at eye level.
Click on the following weblink to see these hand signs-
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Dos Rios Music students will be learning and studying Kodaly Hand signs and solfege this fall. We will learn the hand sign for each music syllable-do,re,mi,fa,so,la, and ti and practice signing and singing at the same time!
Curwen/Glover Hand Signs
The Kodály approach emphasizes the importance of learning how to sing on pitch. In the 18th century, John Spencer Curwen drew upon an earlier music teaching system known as Norwich Sol-fa, which had been devised by Sarah Glover, and developed hand signs to go with the solfege syllables (do re mi, etc.). Kodály integrated these hand signs into his teaching methods.
Hand signs are a way of giving a physical placement for a vocal pitch. The low "do" begins at your midsection. Each pitch is then above the previous one. Thus, you have the hand signs going up when the pitch goes up. The upper "do" is at eye level.
Click on the following weblink to see these hand signs-
http://www.classicsforkids.com/teachers/training/handsigns.asp
Here are some other kids music links that you might enjoy~
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/
We will be studying and playing keyboards during the second quarter this year-from October to December!
2nd grade will be presenting the Christmas program this year-