I would like to remind you that there will be NO rehearsals next week February 16-20. Rehearsals will resume the following week starting Monday, February 23.
Please have children listen to the song "Apple Tree" I have recorded below. After listening to numerous times, see if they can sing the whole song on solfege. Give them the starting solfege, "Sol."
This exercise is to work on their ear training/ aural skills which children learn to identify, solely by hearing, pitches, intervals, melody, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. As a process, ear training is in essence the inverse of sight-singing, the latter being analogous to reading a written text aloud without prior opportunity to review the material. Ear training is typically a component of formal music training.
The study of solfege enables children to audiate, or mentally hear, the pitches of a piece of music which he or she is seeing for the first time and then to sing them aloud. Solfege study improves recognition of musical intervals, tonal memory, and strengthens the understanding of music theory.
Recording:
Apple Tree
Solfege answer key:
ss-m-ss-m
ss-ll-ss-m
ss-m-ss-m
ss-ll-s-m-d
