First Steps in Music
Conversational Solfege
Methodologies
Random Assortment
Teaching Kids to Sing
100

Part of the musical workout that involves vocal improvisation

Arioso

100

The final step in the 12-step Conversational Solfege process.

Writing: create

100

The only methodology that utilizes Fixed Do

Dalcroze

100

Highest level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Self-Actualization

100

Strategy for setting students up for vocal success (there are many)

Sing in every class

Use pitch exploration

Model with child-like tone

Use a child model

Choose appropriate keys

Offer opportunities for solo singing

Teach the five voices

200

Part of the 8-part work out that serves as a movement warm-up

Movement Exploration

200

Any one of the 5 phrases listed under "Also Remember"

1. Sing for the class not with the class.

2. Develop skills with patterns before songs.

3. Develop inner hearing at every stage.

4. Most learning takes place when a child sings individually by himself or herself.

5. Develop vocal proficiency before instrumental application at any level.

200

Step in the Kodaly 3-step process that involves experiencing a melodic or rhythmic element visually, aurally, and kinesthetically

Prepare

200

Referring to curriculum, term that describe what a teacher intends to teach, and in what order.

_______________ and _________________

Scope and Sequence

200

One solution to a hearing problem

Have the child sing alone

Use cupped hands

Use a good vocal model

Seat student near the vocal model

300

Three overarching skills cultivated by the First Steps curriculum

Tuneful, Beatful, Artful
300

Step before "Reading: Rote"

Conversational Solfege: Create

300

Name of the methodology created by an American pedagogue

Music Learning Theory

300

Words represented by the acronym IEP

Individualized Education Plan

300

One solution to a physiological problem

Pitch exploration

Sing in every class

400

Two types of song fragments

Echo songs and call-and-response songs

400

In lesson planning, Conversational Solfege advocates for three-dimensional lessons. All lessons should involve music literacy, ________________, and _________________.

Knowledge "About" Music and "Doing" music

400

Gordon's Music Learning Theory advocates for exposing children to a variety of meters, tonalities, and _________________

Keyalities

400

In the hierarchy of vocal independence, the first step beyond "unison" (i.e., the simplest form of two-part singing).

Songs with Ostinatos.

400

One solution to a processing problem

Wait time

Shorter chunks

Simpler melodies

500

Technique for teaching simple songs

Immersion

500

Syllable that represents the subdivision of the beat

"ta"

500

Goals of the Orff-Schulwerk Approach. As in, _____________, ______________, _______________, and _____________.

Sing, Say, Dance, and Play

500

An approach to teaching that uses “the cultural characteristics, experiences, and perspective of ethnically diverse students as conduits for teaching them more effectively.”

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

500

Medical term for the inability to recognize or reproduce pitch. 

Amusia

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