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Strategies of Teaching Music

The document discusses several teaching strategies used in elementary music education, including the Kodaly, Orff Schulwerk, and Dalcroze methods. The Kodaly method emphasizes singing folk songs and uses hand signs. The Orff method teaches music through singing, dancing, and playing instruments. The Dalcroze method uses eurhythmics to develop listening skills through body movement.

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Strategies of Teaching Music

The document discusses several teaching strategies used in elementary music education, including the Kodaly, Orff Schulwerk, and Dalcroze methods. The Kodaly method emphasizes singing folk songs and uses hand signs. The Orff method teaches music through singing, dancing, and playing instruments. The Dalcroze method uses eurhythmics to develop listening skills through body movement.

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Strategies in

Music Teaching
in Elementary Grades
Strategies in Teaching Music
Orff –
01 Kodaly 02
Schulwerk
• Suzuki
03 Dalcroze – • Carabo-Cone
Eurythmics • Gordon
• Reggio
Reality: In the classroom, the
teacher has to deal with
various kinds of personalities
and creative minds.
Teaching strategies are the
practices teachers use to
engage their students
in better learning.
They are goals-directed and
consciously controllable
process that facilitate
performance.
➢ Goals directed - intended to
perform a definite function.
➢ Consciously controllable
processes – conscious effort to
direct, execute, implement
Challenge: Teachers must use
innovative teaching methods
that develop great learning
pathways for all their students,
no matter what type of learning
ability he/she may have.
01
Kodaly Approach
“Music is for everyone”
Zoltan Kodaly

- He is a Hungarian
composer and
educator at Lizst
Academy.
- (1882-1967)
Zoltan Kodaly
He wrote and advocated
for better-trained
teachers, a well-rounded
music curriculum, and
more time for music in
schools at all levels.
Zoltan Kodaly
- In 1935, He worked with
Jeno Adam to adapt music
education for the middle
and lower levels resulting
to the philosophical
foundation of this
method.
Zoltan Kodaly

- His big musical


break came with his
composition
“Psalmus
Hungaricus”.
Psalmus Hungaricus
“To teach a child an instrument
without first giving him
preparatory training and without
developing singing, reading and
dictating to the highest level along
with the playing, is to build upon
sand.”
1. The idea is that
singing must come
first before
instrumental playing.
-Singing trains hearing more
than instruments do.
-Learning to love and have
confidence in your own
voice is key to appreciating
music.
2. Traditional folk music
is central to this method
as it contains the raw
elements of a person’s
musical culture.
3. It also uses hand
signs to represent
notes in the scale, and
rhythmic syllables.
Kodaly Hand Signs
-this was developed by Sarah Glover’s
Norwich sol-fa (1845) and John Curwen’s
tonic sol-fa (1858).
-these hand signs help children visualize
the spatial relationship between notes.
They aid in proper and correct on-pitch
singing, sight reading, and ear training.
Curwen Hand Signs
• Do = in front of belly button
• Re = In front of chest
• Mi = Shoulder level
• Fa = Mouth level
• Sol = Eye level
• La = Forehead level
• Ti = Top of head level
• Do = Just above head level
LET’S TRY!
• Do Re Mi La Sol Fa
•

• Mi Re Do La Ti Do
•

• Fa Sol La Do Ti la
•
Rhythmic Syllables

? ? ?
4. Music should be
taught in a logical and
sequential manner.
“listen – sing – understand
-read and write – create”.
This method was developed by
picking out techniques found to be
the most interactive and engaging
to create a method that focused
on the expressive and creative
skills of musicianship (rather than
the theory or instrument skills).
Conclusion: Kodály Approach places a
strong emphasis on active music-
making, aural skills development, and a
deep connection to the musical heritage
of a culture. It has been widely adopted
and adapted by music educators around
the world particularly in the early
childhood and elementary school levels.
02
Orff Schulwerk
“Music for Children”
Carl Orff

-He is a German
composer, conductor,
and educator from
Munich, Germany
(1895-1982).
Carl Orff
-Orff approach was
conceived while he
served as music
director at “Gunther-
School” with Dorothee
Gunther (1920-1930).
Carl Orff

-His famous
composition is the
oratorio, “Carmina
Burana”.
Carmina Burana
“Since the beginning of time,
children have not liked to study.
They would much rather play, and
if you have their interests at heart,
you will let them learn while they
play; they will find that what they
have mastered is child’s play.”
"Experience first, then
intellectualize."
Music is never alone, but
connected with movement,
dance, and speech—not to be
listened to, meaningful only in
active participation."
This method teaches
children about music
through a mixture of singing,
chanting, dancing, moving,
acting, and using percussion
instruments.
The Orff method teaches music
in four stages:
1. Imitation (hearing)
2. Exploration
3. Improvisation
4. Composition
LET’S TRY!
Rain on the Green Grass
Rain on the Tree
Rain on the Rooftop
But not on Me
(sing as you pass along an object)
Lu lu la lu Lu lu la lu
Lu la lu la Lu la lu la
lu la lei lu la lei
Lu la lu la lu la Lu la lu la
lu la lu la lei lu la lei
Advantages of the Orff Approach
1. Encourages Participation
-This approach is focused on
teaching kids through involvement.
Thus, it enables every child in the
class to participate in their way.
2. Teaches Elements of Music
-This method teaches children the
various elements of music like
melody, rhythm, form, harmony, etc.
Kids are also encouraged to play
musical instruments and sing.
3. It’s Fun
- This method is not fixated on
traditional ways of teaching. Rather it’s
focused more on experience and
learning in an atmosphere of the play.
And children love to play, which is why
this is super fun for kids of all ages.
03
Dalcroze Approach
Experiencing Music
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

-He is a Swiss
composer and music
teacher (1865-
1950).
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
-He devised ear
training games to
develop better inner
hearing resulting to
more sensitive music-
making.
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

He called this study of


music through movement
“eurhythmics,” from the
Greek roots “eu” and
“rythmos” meaning “good
flow.”
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze

In 1911, he founded a
school in Hellerau,
Germany, where he
refined his pedagogical
methods.
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
In 1915, he founded the
Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in
Geneva, Switzerland where
he continued to develop
fresh applications of his
approach until his death in
1950.
“Joy arises in the child the moment
their faculties are liberated from any
restraint, and they become conscious
of their control over them, and they
decide on the direction in which that
control shall be exercised. The joy is the
product of a joint sense of
emancipation and responsibility.”
Dalcroze Education is
divided into 3 categories:
1. Eurhythmics engages
the body in rhythmic
movement and active
listening
2. Solfège develops
internal melody and
harmony, along with a
holistic response to
musical notation
3. Improvisation brings
out the creative spirit
with the voice, an
instrument, or the body.
LET’S TRY!
The Ball Game:
(Pulse/Beat/Measure)
Task 1: listen to the beat
Task 2: roll the ball in beat 1
Task 3: roll the ball within 4 beats
(IMPROVISATION)
Task 4: … on beat 4
Task 5: …. on beat 1 … on beat 3
COMMON ELEMENTS
•Focus on building independent
musicianship
• Sequence of activities moving from
simple to complex
• Inclusion of movement as part of the
teaching process
• Sound before symbol
COMMON ELEMENTS
• Instruments used as an extra
tool for learning
• Rhythm syllables
• Authentic music from different
cultures is important
COMMON ELEMENTS
• Solfege systems
• Solfege/Curwen hand signs
•Folk dancing/structured movement
•Building positive musical
experiences
• Fostering personal expression
Thanks!
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