Basics of Solfége with Mi and So – Solfége Lessons for Music – Mi So

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

 

This resource is perfect for:

• elementary 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 mi and so

• folk song recordings of Lemonade and Seesaw
• interactive piano; students tap the keys to hear the pitches
• students tap the pitches to hear them on the trumpet, recorder, xylophone, and guitar
• students hear mi and so on water glasses
• students hear mi and so on timpani

 

► slides featuring real-life images and videos so that students see mi and so

• video of Rain, Rain on a xylophone
• video of Star Light, Star Bright on handbells
• video of Star Light, Star Bright on ukulele
• video of Lemonade on a pitch ladder
• video of Seesaw with Curwen Hand Signs
• video of Rain, Rain with standard notation
• video of Seesaw with standard notation

 

► slides with play-along audio so that students feel mi and so

• singalong for folk songs Seesaw and Lemonade
• composing slide where students create their own mi/so patterns
• playalong with the recorder, xylophone, handbells, or other instrument of your choice using mi and so
• singalong with patterns of mi and so 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

TO SEE EVERYTHING FROM THE BASICS SERIES, CLICK HERE

 

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