
Solfa exercise for beginners!
Hey everyone! Solfa or solfege is a really useful tool for learning music. It's so powerful to have a single syllable that is attached to a certain sound. Over time the syllables will relate to the sound in your head and the music will come alive on the page! The syllables that we will use for this exercise are la, do, re, mi and so. It's important that each vowel is a single sound and doesn't dip. That means that re is said like reh not ray. This drill is one I learned on a

Preparing for the Brisbane Kodaly summer school!
In one month I will go to Brisbane for two weeks of intense study in the Kodaly philosophy of teaching! Part of the magic of Kodaly is being reminded what it's like to be a student of music and improving your own musicianship in order to be a better teacher. I enjoy being a student but feel I need to prepare myself so have been practising my practice methods and learning some classical canons to get ready. Practice Methods! Scheduling your time is really important for practic