KM 590 - Solfa Fundamentals

(3.00 cr.)

Restricted to Kodály music program students. Focuses on the development of musical skills for the teacher: sight singing, ear training, inner hearing, dictation, musical memory, transposition, improvisation, part work, and form. Participants learn a variety of activities and strategies to develop these skills in the areas of rhythm, melody, and harmony. The movable-do system of solfa, a German system for absolute note name singing, and a rhythm language are used. Skills are presented in a sequence compatible with Kodály methodology in order to prepare teachers to develop music literacy skills in their students. Credits do not count toward the graduate degree.