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Solfege...ear training

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Subject: Solfege...ear training
From: nwears@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nigel Wears)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 97 22:41:02
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It seems to me that solfege is an aid to ear training.

I think that we could cut a step or two out on the way to this goal.....

Today at school I saw 3 beginner cornet players.  They could all play the scale
of C.  I played three note phrases to them, in 4/4 time, (Note note note rest
etc), and they had to play it back as an echo.  Then they tried it amongst
themselves (Tim played to Mark, Mark copied.  Mark played to Emma, Emma copied
etc.)  The lesson ended when I gave them phrases to sing using the notes
between C and G, using manuscript paper, then checking themselves on the
cornets.

I've seen this kind of thing done with a computer - with children writing in
the notes, trying to sing them, then having the computer play it back so that
the child can check if they got it right.

Will this idea put into lessons help children reach the same pitch awareness as
solfege, or am I barking up a wrong tree?

Nigel Wears



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