Solfege

I haven't written about choir activities for a while, and I apologize for that. The second semester started a new project for 7-8 choir. We are working on using solfege to improve our note reading abilities. Solfege, for those not familiar with the term, are syllables that are associated with notes in a scale. Do, Re, Me, Fa, etc. The best example comes from the song from "The Sound of Music"--Do, a deer. A female deer. Re, a drop of golden sun...

Students are working on recognizing these pitches in the key of C and we are singing them on our solfege syllables without the aid of the piano. These are great skills for building aural accuracy! So far, they are doing a wonderful job. I am hoping to stop writing the syllables in soon, so they can just do it by looking at the notes!