In this post I’ll give you take you through an approach to teaching the intervals in the pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Intervals Read More »
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I decided to write my next blog about which complex rhythms you could introduce after tika-tika. Of course, alongside preparing and presenting the next rhythm, our students need to practice tika-tika.
Going beyond tika-tika: which rhythms to teach next? Read More »
We’ll explore Hi Lo Chikalo, a fun clapping game that is great for rhythm dictation and discovering something new about solfa!
Exploring Hi Lo Chikalo Read More »
Your students have been singing in solfa beautifully and know their steps and skips on the keys and the stave… now it’s time to learn about letter names and clefs! What do you do?!
Introducing Letter Names and Clefs… part one! Read More »
This blog will explore what it means to prepare our students aurally, physically and visually with practical suggestions for activities
Preparing Pitch: How to prepare pitch and practical ideas Read More »
To prepare rhythm, we need to go through the same steps we went through with beat but with rhythm!
Developing Steady Beat is so important. It helps build strong foundations upon which to build the other important elements of music. If our students can’t keep a steady beat, it can be like trying building on sand when teaching other musical elements such as rhythm!
Steady Beat: Preparing the Foundations for the Building Blocks of Music Read More »
Musical Pictures is a great improvisation activity in the first Kodály piano lessons to allow the student the opportunity to explore the whole piano in an expressive and playful way.
Musical Pictures: inspiring creativity from the first Kodály piano lesson Read More »
Do you memorise your lesson plans for piano lessons or music classes?
So many of us feel we need to memorise our lesson plans. Here are my reflections on my own journey, hang ups and misconceptions about memorisation.
Memorising Kodály Music & Piano Lesson Plans Read More »
So know you want to teach using solfa, and you know that throwing them into the full diatonic scale is not the best way. But which subset of the tones, or toneset, do you teach first? Get ready for some controversy!
Which Solfa to Start with in Kodály Music Lessons Read More »