What Is Musicianship?

Posted on Dec 4, 2009 | 4 comments
Filed under: ear training, Kodály, Musicianship, Solfège, Teaching

Anyone who has studied music at a conservatory or college level has taken an ear training class typically called “Musicianship.”  This is where we train our ears to recognize intervals and chord qualities, learn how to perform melodies and rhythms accurately at sight and practice writing down musical examples upon hearing them.  I wonder if, bogged...

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The Case for Movable “Do” in Classroom Ear Training

Posted on Feb 4, 2009 | 42 comments
Filed under: ear training, featured, fixed do, Kodály, movable do, Musicianship, Sight Singing, Solfège, Teaching

Against my better judgment, I’m jumping into the fray regarding methods used in the teaching of sight singing. Normally I try to stay away from such conflicts, but I can only take so much disparagement of my beloved Movable Do system.  The last straw is the discovery of this web site, which contains misleading information designed to promote the sale of a...

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