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Thread #32620 Message #430321
Posted By: Kaleea
31-Mar-01 - 10:33 PM
Thread Name: Help: Kadaly method
Subject: RE: Help: Kadaly method
I'm not quite sure what you're asking for, but I was taught the Kodaly method in Music Ed classes in college. It was used at one time by many Music Educators. I remember some of my Music Teachers in grade school (I went to 6 different schools during K-6) doing that "thing with the hands" while we were singing. When I taught, I had good response with it with young kids. In fact I was taught to look directly in the child's right eye and sing to them with no accompianiment "so mi so mi" often in the initial weeks of K & 1st grade. Then gradually add the hand signs and widen the melodic phrases such as "so mi so mi so mi-la so mi" and etc. Then of course there are many singing games where the children may bandy the pitch about. This, however, is often too boring for the 2nd & 3rd graders who are used to action films with constant scenes of heavy artillery, etc. So using Kodaly with the very young is still a good way to teach good pitch-one can even use this with piano students & other private lesson students to assist them in following the melody where it skips or steps. I have also used Kodaly with Church choirs -adult & children over the years as a means to assist. When one visualizes the melody it helps to internalize it. Thus: _ _ _ -- _ _ _ get the picture? Hope it helps?