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Re: Solfege...ear training

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Subject: Re: Solfege...ear training
From: saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Adrian Drover (Brass Band List))
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 97 (08:18:23 +0100)
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On Wed 24 Sep 97 (22:41:02), nwears@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>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?

Not at all. This is an excellent way of making the ears work, but also get them
to describe the intervals they are singing, or playing.

Adrian
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