The Root of It All
This methodology puts singing as the foundation of musical learning, emphasizes musical literacy, and incorporates folk music.
Kodály method
With singing at it's root, Kodaly uses this hand-symbol system to help with understanding of pitch.
Solfege
Dr. Abbey Peña
Also know as Eurythmics, this pedagogical approach blends many disciplines including dance, movement, and improvisation in order to shape a more well rounded performer.
Before you tell the choir that they were flat, you must first do this.
Say something positive.
This pedagog said the following: "Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime."
Zoltán Kodály
This approach is a method of teaching children about music that engages their mind and body though a mixture of singing, dancing, and especially the use of percussion instrument.
Carl Orff Method
This pedagogical approach is learning, teaching, knowing, expressing, and feeling music through playful, purposeful, and dynamic movement exercises.
This pedagog said the following: "Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the entire being. To insist on analysing this force is to destroy its very essence."
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
This is widely regarded as the best pedagogical approach.
There is not one greatest. It depends on the student, the teacher, and the context.
Creating an instrument for pedagogical reasons was the aim of this composer, he cites gamelan, and African percussion as his influences.
Carl Orff
This pedagog said the following: "Elemental music is never just music. It is bound up with movement, dance and speech, and so it is a form of music in which one music participate, in which one is involved not as a listener but as a co-performer."
Carl Orff