KM 860 - Solfa: Sight Singing and Ear Training, Level I

(1-3.00 cr.)

Restricted to Kodály music program students. The Kodály philosophy requires that every music teacher be the best musician he or she can be. To that end, this course focuses on the development of musical skills for the teacher-ear training, sight singing, improvisation, dictation, musical memory, transposition, part singing, and form. Students learn a variety of activities and strategies to develop these skills in the areas of rhythm, melody, and harmony. The movabledo system of solfa, a German system for absolute note name singing, and a rhythm language are used.