The Study on Materials and Activities of Learning Sequences through Solfege (Emphasis on the Kodaly Concept)
The aims of this study are to enhance musical thinking through solfege activities.The progress idea of musical thinking in process has important implications for the performer and the music teacher in that it calls our attention to important issues such as the purpose of musical comprehension through utilizing the system of solfege learning.In regareds to the Koda'ly choral method, functional melody and harmony of solfege materials are approached through singing practice and ear training exercises as well as through more intensive structural analysis of excerpts from solfege exercises, masterpieces and their stylistic characteristics.In this study, solfege activities are categorized in three parts.The major three activities are (ⅰ) concern about musical reading and inner hearing.(ⅱ) developing harmony and form with group work.(ⅲ) imagery to help memory.Materials along with fragments of the Koda'ly exercises, the solfege activities excerpts from the late Renaissance, Baroque and Viennese Classical and Romanticperiods. It is closely tied to studies of materials and activities of learning sequences in solfege teaching.Aspects of solfge activities enhance students musical and pedagogical experiences by means of gradually developed Knowledge.In conclusion, utilizing the system of solfge learning develops musical thinking and the mature of choral activity. It is hoped that this study will sere as an opportunity to help develop musical understanding and to experience music itself.