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 other songs.
Going lo… teaching low so and la Read More »
Kodály
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 »
I just love taking really simple songs that we can use multiple times throughout the journey of students musical education and give them different learning opportunities from simple to complex and thus proving that the Kodály approach is not just for babies, it is can also really can provide very challenging activities for older children, teenagers and even adults!
Starlight: Simple to Complex Read More »
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 notes, tonics, clefs, the grand staff and our destination… middle C
Destination: Middle C. A Kodály approach to Letter Names and Clefs… part two Read More »
To prepare rhythm, we need to go through the same steps we went through with beat but with rhythm!