Basics of Solfége with Do, Re, Mi, So, and La – Solfége Lessons for Music

Basics of Solfége with Do, Re, Mi, So, and La is an all-in-one interactive music lesson which guides students through the sights, sounds, and feel of Solfége using do, re, mi, so, and la in music. This PowerPoint slideshow uses real-life images, video, and play-along audio to keep elementary students meaningfully engaged with Solfége syllables for introductions, practice, or review.

 

This resource is perfect for:

• elementary music teachers
• middle school music teachers
• student teachers
• homeschoolers

⚠️Please note that this is the next level in the Basics Series, and is not part of the original Basics Bundle. ⚠️

 

⚠️ Available in Google Slides! ⚠️

 

INTRODUCTION

• main menu with clickable links
• simplified definition of Solfége

 

MAIN MUSIC CONTENT with REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES

• slides featuring audio examples so that students hear do, re, mi, so, and la

folk song recordings of Bow Wow Wow and Great Big House in New Orleans

interactive piano; students tap the keys to hear do, re, mi, so, and la

students tap the pitches to hear them on the trumpet, recorder, xylophone, and guitar

students hear do, re, mi, so, and la on water glasses

students hear do, re, mi, so, and la on a thumb piano

 

• slides featuring real-life images and videos so that students see do, re, mi, so, and la

video of a pentatonic tune on a glockenspiel

video of Knock the Cymbals on handbells

video of Bow Wow Wow on ukulele

video link of Bobby Mcferrin demonstrating the pentatonic scale

video of pentatonic scale using Curwen Hand Signs

video of Great Big House using Solfége

video of Great Big House with standard notation

 

• slides with play-along audio so that students feel do, re, mi, so, and la

singalong for folk songs Bow Wow Wow, Great Big House, Knock the Cymbals, Sally Go Round the Sun, Do Do Pity My Case, and Frosty Weather

playalong with the recorder, xylophone, handbells, or other instrument of your choice using do, re, mi, so, and la

singalong with patterns of do, re, mi, so, and la using Curwen Hand Signs

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE PRE-QUIZ AND POST-QUIZ for ASSESSMENT

► 5 multiple choice-questions as a pre-quiz

► 5 multiple choice questions as a post-quiz

• students click on the answer and receive immediate feedback

► 4 bonus challenge questions

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

• how to play the audio and video links
• general tips for sequencing the lesson

 

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