Solfege

In music class this year we will rely heavily on the use of solfege, a teaching technique developed by Kodaly for understanding musical notes and their relationship to each other. The solfege scale is made up of different syllables which correspond to a note on the major scale.

The scale from bottom to top is as follows. Try singing and matching the syllables with the hand signs.

Do    Re    Mi     Fa    So    La    Ti    Do

For your use, I have included a chart and a video to help you learn the solfege notes!

Welcome!

Welcome to 2nd grade music!
Are you ready for an exciting new year of discovery and adventure?

In 2nd grade music class this year we will be learning many new things about music, building off of everything we learned in 1st grade last year. We will learn how to read music by understanding notes, rests, musical punctuation, and the solfege scale. We will learn to recognize the instruments of the orchestra by sight and by sound. We will listen to many beautiful works of music throughout history and we will learn about the composers who wrote those works. We will also have the opportunity to perform in concert with the Kindergarteners, 1st graders, and 3rd graders at the end of the semester. This blog will help keep you updated on what we are learning in music class and will have some materials to help reinforce what we have learned.