This week on Off The Podium we will take a break from our regularly scheduled solfège episode once again. As protests erupt in cities across the country against police violence and inequity, I felt it was best to use this column to share something that may help further understanding, compassion, and hopefully – change. For […]
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Off The Podium: Teaching Modes with Solfège
continued from Solfège: Part 3: Teaching Music with Solfège Solfège: Part 4 Teaching Modes with Solfège Ecclesiastical (Church) Modes In addition, students in the advanced choirs (both which primarily sang early music) were required to be able to sing the modes on solfège syllables. Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Ionian Mode is […]
Off The Podium: Teaching Music with Solfège
continued from Solfège: Part 2: The Legacy of Guido d’Arezzo Solfège: Part 3 Teaching Music with Solfège This is a simple but somewhat thorough description of the syllables for movable do solfège with la-based minor and how I applied them in my work as a teacher. I do not claim this method as […]
Off The Podium: Unsolicited Advice
This week on Off The Podium we will take a break from our regularly scheduled solfège episode for a collection of well-intentioned, wholesome advice. I hope this is helpful. It’s May, and commencement season. As schools around the country struggle with how to honor their graduates and send them off to their next adventures while […]
Off The Podium: The Legacy of Guido d’Arezzo
continued from Solfège: Part 1: The Joy of Solfège Solfège: Part 2 The Legacy of Guido d’Arezzo Solfège is a practical method for teaching sight-singing (singing music from written notation). Each note of the diatonic scale is assigned a solfège syllable. This practice is called solmization. Solfège is the oldest and most widely used […]
Off The Podium: The Joy of Solfège
This week and in weeks to come I will be sharing this introduction to the ancient method of solfège with the ChoralNet community. The series has accumulated more than 15,000 views on Off The Podium since originally published in 2015, and when it was run in its entirety in my Choral Director magazine column over […]