Goals and Objectives of Teaching “Solfeggio” During Teaching Practice in Children’s Music Schools
Goals and Objectives of Teaching “Solfeggio” During Teaching Practice in Children’s Music Schools
Papanyan Nelli
Summary
Key words: intonation, musical ear, memory, tonality, metre, interval, chord, cluster
The article considers the issues of teaching “Solfeggio” in children’s music schools. It presents complex approaches and methods for developing intonation perception, a sense of metrorhythm, musical memory, auditory reproduction of what is heard, as well as the formation of aesthetic taste and artistic thinking. Particular attention is paid to the development of a sense of the national modal system in schoolchildren, knowledge of the modal structure.
The development of intonation skills can be conventionally divided into two clusters:
- Instructional-preparatory – including intonation exercises and testing;
- Practical-targeted – including sight-reading, musical dictation, and aural perception.
The article emphasizes the importance of relying on the national modal basis in solfeggio lessons, excluding alien foreign terminology (especially Turkic). An important component of solfeggio is also the simultaneous combination of singing and playing the piano.
The study of metrorhythm should be based on pitch perception, which will contribute to the development of relative time perception. To develop a sense of rhythm and skills in creative improvisation, it is recommended to use measures with intentionally left rhythmic “gaps.”
The assessment of the student’s work is also of great educational importance. We propose using a twenty-point system in four nominations, which most fully reflects the success of each student in all solfeggio indicators.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58726/27382915-2025.2hs-272