Solfège Town

The term, solfège, will become a familiar term for our budding musicians as we continue to explore the musical language through singing and instrumental playing.  Solfège allows us to vocalize pitches.  Grade 1 and 2 students have been introduced to two members of the solfège language, sol and mi.  They noticed that these two pitches form the backbone of many songs that they have learned up to this point.  In addition to this, they explored the concept of beat.  Grade 3 students have been introduced to the pentatonic through singing and now through solfège.  Grade 4 students continue to consolidate their knowledge of 16th notes, or ticka-ticka and rhythmic patterns based on a combination of 16th notes and 8th notes (ti-ticka or ticka-ti.)