One of the biggest problems encountered in beginning level solfege education is ‘what can be done to help students who cannot give the correct sounds, cannot solfege with the correct sounds, and cannot even make their voices thinner or thicker to solfege with the correct sounds. In order to solve the ‘problem of the students' inability to use their voice encountered in beginning level solfege training, the students should first be given exercises to teach them how to use and control the correct diaphragm intensity and the correct amount of air pressure according to the loudness they want to produce. Thus, the students will learn to use their voice and will be able to give the sounds they want to give correctly and solfege with the correct sounds. I hope that this book will be helpful for all solfege educators and students and will make great contributions to the field of solfege education.

Are you struggling with teaching solfege or looking for a fun, new method for teaching solfege to elementary students? Then look no further! Pitch Hill is for you! In Pitch Hill, each solfege note is a character with his or her own story. For example, Do is a Boxer! He LOVES to box! He wears special head gear and boxing gloves to protect him and when we sing the note that is Do, we show our hands like boxing gloves. Do is very strong and will catch Re if she falls off the roof! (You will have to purchase to hear her story!) The stories provide a way to remember the corresponding Curwen hand sign as well as help explain the relationship between individual pitches. Though the system is enhanced by technologies available in many schools (iPads, IWB, etc.) it can also be taught using a simple chalkboard. Pitch Hill was created to overcome the challenge of teaching solfege notes by engaging visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning modalities as well as captivating students with wonderful story telling. This book provides: An overview of how to teach Pitch Hill. A catchy song for each character! A brief history of solfege and how to introduce this history to students. 20 lesson plans using Pitch Hill, including standards covered, process, and interdisciplinary connections. A list of folk and multi-cultural songs that use each progression of pitch patterns. 8 lessons from Pitch Hill incorporate children's literature into the lesson. 18 funsheets (worksheets) that can be used to assess students progress in identifying solfege notes. Rubrics to assess students on their singing and instrument performances that go along with Pitch Hill."

Intended audience: Everyone - musical and non-musical - especially prospective parents. The solfege methodology taught at The French School of Music in Plainfield, NJ over a 90 year period is a surprisingly approachable system for understanding music involving singing on-pitch, sightreading, conducting time, ear training, and music dictation. The combination of solfege lessons and efficient piano practice methods empowered many French School alumni from around the 1970s to perform in Carnegie Recital Hall as children, attend conservatories, develop a lifelong love for music, and have successful music careers. Many alumni excelled in non-music related careers as well because these methods enabled students to develop a deep understanding of what constitutes excellence. If this was just about learning solfege, this book wouldn't be needed. This is also a metaphor about life - about learning how to learn, identify and solve problems, be efficient, become a leader and influencer, and coach future generations to do the same.

Solfege and Sonority is a guide for teaching music literacy in a choral rehearsal, with a focus on the needs of teachers who work with young singers. The book lays out teaching sequences for melodic and rhythmic concepts, lesson plans, and concise strategies for introducing key techniques. The individual lessons themselves are short (no more than 4-6 minutes each) and comprehensive, encouraging singers to develop a literacy of rhythm and melody together. In 18 easy-to-use lessons for teachers and conductors and tying the lessons to the teacher's current repertoire, longtime choral director and teacher David J. Xiques has created a practical and viable solution to the challenges of many conductors, as well as providing a much-needed manual for upper-level choral pedagogy courses. The comprehensive companion website provides access to videos of exercises, worksheets, and teaching materials.

A revised and reworked edition of the 1891 classic A. Dannh�user: "Solf�ge des Solf�ges", including all three books. The content of the book was restructured in chapters (the Exercise numbering is unchanged). An audio recording of the book was created (sold separately in digital music stores). For beginners we recommend the following introductory books: I.J Farkas: Sight Singing for Beginners, Level 1 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016CVTIUI I.J Farkas: Sight Singing for Beginners, Level 2 http://www.amazon.com/Sight-Singing-Beginners-Level-Samples-ebook/dp/B019E5Y1M4 For Apple devices we recommend the iBooks store version of this book.

This book is a 3-in-1 compliation to meet children's voice training needs : vocal technique boo, ear-training/sight-singing book and repertoire book all rolled into one!

This revised and expanded third edition includes new musical examples and dictations covering the entire continuum of musical development from classical to modern. It also includes definitive audio performances on CD of each of the 51 musical dictations, keyed by track number to the musical notation in the text.

"A comical takeoff on the familiar Little Red Hen story, this upbeat read-along is brought vividly to life through Brian and Rosi Amador's tandem narration. ...Soft Latin background music is a lilting accompaniment." -Booklist

Includes folded sheet with piano keyboard layout.