Pentatonic Intervals
In this post I’ll give you take you through an approach to teaching the intervals in the pentatonic scale.
Category: Education
Step Back Baby: Teaching ti-tika and tika-ti
My last few blog posts have been about more complicated rhythms and how we can guide our students to discover them using a Kodály inspired approach. …
Microsteps to Syncopa: as easy as uno, dos, tres, cuatro…
Microsteps to Syncopa: as easy as uno, dos, tres, cuatro...
Roads to new rhythms: a Kodály approach to teaching tika-tika
In this blog I'll tell you how I use this song and others to introduce more complex rhythms and why I think Down the Road, in the way I teach it, is s…
Going lo… teaching low so and la
I think Hi Lo Chikalo is great for presenting low so and low la. Below, I’ll show you how I do it and some ideas for practising low so and la with …
Exploring Hi Lo Chikalo
We’ll explore Hi Lo Chikalo, a fun clapping game that is great for rhythm dictation and discovering something new about solfa!
Destination: Middle C. A Kodály approach to Letter Names and Clefs… part two
Alongside the work on introducing do re mi on the white keys, we can introduce the musical alphabet which takes us down a path of learning landmark no…
Preparing Pitch: How to prepare pitch and practical ideas
This blog will explore what it means to prepare our students aurally, physically and visually with practical suggestions for activities
Preparing to Sing: The Beginnings of Pitch
I wanted the blog after beat and rhythm I wanted to discuss pitch, but the beginnings of pitch aren’t anything to do with so and mi or high and low;…
Preparing Rhythm
To prepare rhythm, we need to go through the same steps we went through with beat but with rhythm!