http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/ News and Stories from Artist-Teacher-Scholars Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2447 agreen Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:36:21 +0000 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2447 It's funny you should use the term specifically, "without playing them on the piano." In my mind, I always play the melody on a piano in my head before I name the syllables. I was recently talking to the mother of one of my piano students about right and left-brain learners. Right-brain learners usually visualize things. Not necessarily everything. Joshua, are you more of a left-brain learner? It’s funny you should use the term specifically, “without playing them on the piano.” In my mind, I always play the melody on a piano in my head before I name the syllables. I was recently talking to the mother of one of my piano students about right and left-brain learners. Right-brain learners usually visualize things. Not necessarily everything. Joshua, are you more of a left-brain learner?

]]> http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2415 mayjoshua Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:22:34 +0000 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2415 I think this is a great idea for discussion. I firmly believe that solfege is a musical language, which allows the musician to access the music in a new medium. Solfege helped me see the inner workings of the music without playing them on the piano. I was able to learn how to hear the music in my mind with the syllables and conducting. This class helped me learn a new language of music for sure! I think this is a great idea for discussion. I firmly believe that solfege is a musical language, which allows the musician to access the music in a new medium. Solfege helped me see the inner workings of the music without playing them on the piano. I was able to learn how to hear the music in my mind with the syllables and conducting. This class helped me learn a new language of music for sure!

]]> http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2398 agreen Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:48:09 +0000 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2398 It is interesting you should write that. In my recent interview with Professor Scripp (which most of the audio was lost, unfortunately), he explains how much of his teaching methodology comes from altering methods of teaching other things, like language. I am not sure if there are solfege teachers that make it clear to the students that they are learning another language, but now I am question this approach's effectiveness. It is interesting you should write that. In my recent interview with Professor Scripp (which most of the audio was lost, unfortunately), he explains how much of his teaching methodology comes from altering methods of teaching other things, like language. I am not sure if there are solfege teachers that make it clear to the students that they are learning another language, but now I am question this approach’s effectiveness.

]]> http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2397 miss_mari Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:55:18 +0000 http://mieatnec.org/blog/2007/12/13/language-culture-and-solfege/#comment-2397 What an interesting analogy! Perhaps someday someone will look further into this phenomenon and teach solfege as a language of song rather than a technique. What an interesting analogy! Perhaps someday someone will look further into this phenomenon and teach solfege as a language of song rather than a technique.

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