Solfege Activity Guide

MUSiC-GO-ROUNDS™ Solfege Syllables & Hand Signs Activity Guide

Our safe, durable 33/4" silicone dots cling like magnets to your whiteboard, laminate, or any smooth surface, and can be used on the floor as spot markers or game pieces for group activities. Easy to clean with vinegar or window cleaner, so HAND SIGNS SOLFEGE SYLLABLES they always cling like new! 3¾" silicone dots. 33/4". Set of 8 28126 Set of 8 28025

do clef printed on translucent silicone Musical Goals: to develop skills and fluency in listening, singing, and music literacy, through tactile, hands-on experiences, activities, and games. SOLFEGE EXTENSIONS Set of 6 28117 SOLFEGE ALTERED TONES Set of 10 28118 GIANT WALL CHARTS 80" x 26"

Giant Single Staff Chart 28100

Giant Keyboard Chart 28104

GIANT WALL CHARTS are sized to use with .Write-on/wipe-off vinyl charts work with dry-erase markers, too, and have grommets for hanging. The blank back side is a good space to use with rhythm sets.

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©2 017 • Plano, Texas • www.musicmotion.com 12 6 10 8 12 10 6 ©2017 • Plano, Texas • www.musicmotion.com 28136 Single Staff plus 32 blanks for dictation, or to write extra syllables, etc. MINI SOLFEGE SYLLABLES For reading and singing melodic patterns and songs, melodic ear training, and

dictation. Cut silicone strips along guide- ©2017 • Plano, Texas • www.musicmotion.com lines into 64 syllables and 32 blanks, enough for 4 to 6 individual students or Combine melodic patterns small groups. 1¼". Set of 96 28124 and stick rhythms!

16 16 16 16 8 8 write-on blanks for extra rhythms, WIPE-OFF STAFF CHARTS time signatures, Solfege MINIs fit on the dynamics, or symbols staffs, and you can use the 4 4 4 4 blank back side for solfege MINI HEARTS & STICK RHYTHMS and rhythms activities, indi- Enough for 4 students! 32 hearts, 40 rhythms, vidually or combined. Use 16 numbers and 8 blanks for writing time with erasable markers, too! signatures, dynamics, symbols, or additional Laminated, 17" x 22". Set of 6 colors Wipe-Off Charts are blank on the back rhythms. Cut silicone strips along guidelines into 96 pieces. 1¼". Set of 96 28125

Wall Chart & Whiteboard for MINIs Sized to fit MINIs. Staff lines are spaced approx. 11/4" apart.

Blank on Back sing solfege patterns

PORTABLE REVERSIBLE WHITEBOARD 6331 DOUBLE STAFF WALL CHART. 2-sided write-on wall chart · Reversible! Staves on front, blank on back with 2 staves on one side to use with MINI Note · Magnetic! Highest quality 4' x 6' porcelain steel Names & Numbers and Solfege, and blank on the other board side for Hearts/Stick Rhythms and Rhythm n' Counters. · Portable! with durable aluminum stand on wheels With grommets. 22" x 40". 28129 · Erasable! includes 4 erasable markers (red, blue, green, black). · MINIs fit the staff lines and spaces SOLFEGE LADDER

1. Stack the syllables vertically in a ladder on the whiteboard. 2. Stack matching hand signs vertically next to the syllables. 3. Point and sing the rising and falling scale on both ladders. 4. Point and sing melodic patterns and songs with the ladders.

Hand Pointers 15". Set of 3 28133

SOLFEGE on the STAFF

Arrange Solfege in a scale on the giant wall

staff or floor staff. ©2017 • Plano, Texas • www.musicmotion.com Sing rising/falling scales using a pointer on the wall staff or walking up/down on the floor staff. While kids Wipe-off Charts for take turns walking on the staff, the rest of the class MINIs can sing the scale using hand signs. The same activity can be done by individual students with MINIS and individual laminated charts. NOTE: The word “scale” derives from the Latin word for “ladder.” As kids sing up or down the steps of the ladder, ask them to notice that steps move from a line to the next space, or a space to the next line.

JUMBO DICE GAME Put Hand Signs in the plastic pockets of the Jumbo JUMBO CUBE Cube. Each person rolls the dice, then places the Foam cube corresponding Syllable on the white board. with 4½" clear Game continues until all have a turn. pockets to hold . 28021 Play in reverse, with Syllables in the cube and kids putting the corresonding Hand Sign on the board. FLOOR STAFF and FLOOR KEYBOARD ACTIVITIES The keyboard is a great visual tool for learning pitch rela- tionships on the staff when teaching solfege.

With 2 sets of Solfege, form a C Major scale on the floor staff (or giant wall chart) and floor keyboard. Have students step up and down on the staff and keyboard mats while singing solfege syllables.

As kids gain confidence, do the same activity on the mats Hand Pointers with melodic intervals and patterns. King Keyboard 15". Set of 3 28133 Our one-octave keyboard mat corre- NOTE: You might also match solfege spots lates with Giant Floor Staff to relate with pitch names in C Major, using Alphadots. keyboard and staff geography. Add extra mats for a longer keyboard! Made of durable, easy-to-clean vinyl. Activity sheet and storage tube Giant Floor Staff included. 6' x 3'. Q182 4' x 6' heavy vinyl mat & storage tube. 28159

SOLFEGE MATCHING GAME

Kids line up at the whiteboard. Teacher places an Hand Sign on the whiteboard and asks a student to place the correct syllable under it. Activity continues until all have a turn.

Play in reverse—this time the teacher places Syllables on the board and kids add correct hand signs.

MELODIC PATTERNS Using multiple sets of Hand Signs and Syllables, show melodic patterns horizontally on the whiteboard for the class to sing.

MYSTERY PATTERNS Play or sing melodic patterns, and have kids recreate the patterns on the whiteboard with Hand Signs and/or Syllables. Wipe-off Charts for MINIs Students can also do ear training activities with MINI Solfege and individual laminated charts. SOLFEGE TWISTER MATCH Teacher scatters Hand Signs and Syllables on the floor. After the teacher calls out a syllable, the student has to put one foot on the correct syllable then touch the corresponding hand sign with one hand.

EARTRAINING TWISTER

Teacher plays or sings a 2, 3, or 4-note pattern. Using hands and/or feet, kids have to touch all the notes of the pattern in the proper order.

CHROMATIC SCALE LADDER 1. Place the solfege syllables vertically in a ladder on the whiteboard. 2. Add the raised altered notes (sharps) for the syllables on the left, and lowered altered notes (flats) on the right. 3. Sing the ascending chromatic scale with sharps (raised altered tones), then sing the descending chromatic scale with flats (lowered altered notes). Show the chromatic scale from C to C on a floor keyboard or giant keyboard wall chart to see how the new scale has both black and white notes. Use the red sharps for the ascending scale, then replace with blue flats for the descending scale.

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Melodic Minor Natural Minor

EARTRAINING & DICTATION Identify melodic patterns by ear, and recreate them on the staff with blank dots. You can also identify them by solfege names. Then sing them, with or without hand signs.

NOTATE FAMILIAR TUNES . . . Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or Create Your Own!

Notate melodies on the staff with blank MINIs. Create your own melodies. Then sing them with solfege. Or play them on melody instruments, like a glock, recorder, or piano.

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