K5 - 3rd Grade Learning To Play and Sing Songs From Around The World
In addition to the Quaver Music Curriculum, the students in the K5-3rd grades are learning to play various rhythms on percussion instruments, and singing / listening to various music from around the world using the Kodaly and Solfege hand signs "low Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La Ti, high Do".
Solfège is the ABC’s of music. It teaches pitch, to hear and sing harmonies, and how to write down music you create in your head. In other words, Solfège transforms you into the next Mozart or singing diva. Maybe you were introduced to Solfège briefly in a music class or from watching “The Sound of Music,” but let’s talk about what it really is. Solfège describes the musical scale using one-vowel-sound syllables that sing easier than the traditional 8-note scale names: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C or scale numbers: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1. The Solfège scale looks like this: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do. Solfège is not only easier to sing, but simplifies music and works with complicated scores as well. For instance, I just described a C-Major scale, but Solfège also describes minor and non-traditional scales, too.