Solfege
Method of developing musical ability to teach pitch, ear training, and sight singing
What is solfege?
Looking at a piece of music and singing it with no preparation
What is sight singing?
Gudio di Arezzo
Who is the inventor of solfege?
Guido di Arezzo
Who is the inventor of sight singing?
John Curwen
Who is the inventor of hand signals?
Clapping the rhythm, counting the rhythm, speaking the solfege notes and using hand signals, and singing the notes with solfege
What are methods of sight singing?
Used to help new users of solfege get a better understanding of it and the specific hand shapes give shape to the notes
What is the purpose of hand signals?
Kodaly Hand Signals or Kodaly Method
Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
What is the use of hand signals?