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

This interactive lesson helps students in grades 3–5 hear, see, and feel do, re, mi, so, and la. Students listen to the pitches in folk songs and on real instruments, watch them played and sung with hand signs, and then sing and play along. It works for introducing, practicing, or reviewing do, re, mi, so, and la.

What’s included

• A main menu with clickable links and a simple definition of solfège
• Audio slides where students hear do, re, mi, so, and la in folk song recordings (“Bow Wow Wow” and “Great Big House”), on an interactive piano, and on instruments like trumpet, recorder, xylophone, guitar, water glasses, and a thumb piano
• Video slides where students see do, re, mi, so, and la on instruments, with Curwen hand signs, and in standard notation
• Play-along slides where students sing folk songs, play do, re, mi, so, and la on recorder, xylophone, or handbells, and sing patterns with hand signs
• A 5-question pre-quiz and post-quiz, where students click an answer and get feedback right away, plus 4 bonus challenge questions
• Directions for playing the audio and video and tips for sequencing the lesson

Formats

• PDF
• Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.
• PowerPoint

Important

• Please preview each video in its entirety before showing it to your class.
• Videos play through YouTube, so an internet connection is required.
• The presentation must be in presentation mode, in PowerPoint or Google Slides, for the clickable links and audio to work.

Ways to use it

• An introduction to do, re, mi, so, and la
• Practice or review before a sight-singing lesson
• Students working at their own pace on their own devices
• To have students compose with the pentatonic scale next, pair it with Composing in Pentatonic.

Standards (NCAS)

• Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)
• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)

From the blog

This blog post walks through the framework behind the Basics Series: a pre-test, a simple definition, real-world examples, hands-on activities, and a post-test, using steady beat as the example. It also explains why this approach works well with older beginners. Read the post →

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