Teachers often ask me for music composition lesson ideas for the performance class: chorus, orchestra, band. So, looking over some choral lessons this weekend, I am reminded of the many fun composition, listening, singing, and performing lessons I taught using solfege. Some ideas:
- See my publication "Music Composition for Teens - second course" pg. 22 for a composition assignment for a 2-part solfege (photocopiable template page):
- Video clip from "The Sound of Music" where Maria teaches Do-Re-Mi. Have your students notice the two-part solfege singing when she adds the counter melody.
- Ken Berg's great choral composition "Galop" from "Solfege Suite" (Unison/2-part) http://www.jwpepper.com/10028692.item#.VrgfnZMrL-Y :
- Kodaly Corner: Have a look at Christopher Roberts' blog on using solfege to teach Taylor Swift's songs - a lot of fun:
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