Conversational Solfege

SKU: GI.G-1050

UPC: 785147005025.

Conversational Solfege is a curriculum for developing music literacy skills. It is organized around increasingly complex rhythmic and melodic content. Each new rhythmic or melodic element is discovered first in patterns and then reinforced with folk songs, rhymes, and classical examples. This CD provides 29 classical selections referenced in Conversational Solfege Level 3. These examples provide reinforcement for emerging literacy skills, and they also enable students to listen to wonderful classical examples with greater attention. Listening to classical music can be challenging for elementary students. With nothing to hang onto, the many notes can be too much to comprehend and attention soon wanes. But with minimal literacy skills, students will have enough musical information to discover that classical music can be accessible and appealing. In the booklet, timings are given for each selection. The portions of the music that are readable by the students are reproduced. Whether using this CD with Conversational Solfege instructional materials or simply as a resource of classical music with simple-to-read rhythmic and melodic material, both teachers and students will delight in discovering this wonderful music through literacy.   CONTENTS Conversational Solfege Unit 14: 1. March of the Toreadors • Georges Bizet, 2. Slavonic Dance • Antonín Dvorák, 3. Russian Dance • Igor Stravinsky, 4. Dance of the Reed Pipes • Peter Tchaikovsky Conversational Solfege Unit 15: 5. Morning • Edvard Grieg, 6. Minuet • George Frideric Handel, 7. Waltz • Johann Strauss II, 8. Minuet in G • J. S. Bach Conversational Solfege Unit 18: 9. Westminster Chimes, 10. Ode to Joy • Ludwig van Beethoven Conversational Solfege Unit 20: 11. The Moldau • Bedrich Smetana, 12. The Wild Horseman • Robert Schumann, 13. Anitra’s Dance • Edvard Grieg Conversational Solfege Unit 22: 14. Violin Concerto in D • Ludwig van Beethoven, 15. Symphony No. 6 • Ludwig van Beethoven, 16. Roses from the South • Johann Strauss II, 17. Symphony No. 1 • Johannes Brahms, 18. Polovtsian Dance • Alexander Borodin, 19. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 20. Etude for Piano • Frédéric Chopin Conversational Solfege Unit 23: 21. Natoma’s Dagger Dance • Victor Herbert Conversational Solfege Unit 24: 22. Ground in D Major • Henry Purcell Conversational Solfege Unit 25: 23. Violin Concerto in D • Ludwig van Beethoven, 24. Sumer Is Icumen In, 25. Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” • Antonin Dvorak Conversational Solfege Unit 26: 26. Pachelbel Canon • Johann Pachelbel, 27. Kaiser Waltz • Johann Strauss II, 28. Marmotte • Ludwig van Beethoven, 29. Autumn — Four Seasons • Antonio Vivaldi John M. Feierabend, PhD, has spent decades compiling songs and rhymes from the memories of the American people, in hopes that those treasures would be preserved for future generations. Those resources have served as the basis of his two music education curricula: First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege. John Feierabend is Professor Emeritus and former Director of Music Education at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford.

SKU: GI.G-10545

ISBN 9781622775859.

Perfectly suited for students at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels, Learning Harmony and Improvisation Using Conversational Solfege is the culmination of John M. Feierabend’s best-selling curriculum. As with all books in the Conversational Solfege series, this book continues the 12-step “ear-before-eye” approach while exploring the concepts of harmony and improvisation. To facilitate effortless aural learning, the book employs solfege syllables, clever illustrations, melodic patterns, and a unique method for part-singing called vocal chording. The first four units in the book introduce basic harmonic functions in major and harmonic minor, and the following eight units explore the various modes—Aeolian, Dorian, Mixolydian, Phrygian, and Lydian—and their implied harmonies. Improvisation is the natural extension of harmonic understanding, and this book presents ten challenge levels that ask students to perform increasingly difficult improvisational skills while vocal chording. These range from singing a single chord tone per function to adding passing tones, suspensions, retardations, and anticipations. In keeping with the Conversational Solfege tradition, units conclude with a representative sampling of folk repertoire and classical music—complete with bass lines and chord charts for all selections. With the effective step-by-step process presented in Learning Harmony and Improvisation Using Conversational Solfege, harmonic and improvisational understanding are more accessible and intuitive than ever. John M. Feierabend, PhD, has spent decades compiling songs and rhymes from the memories of the American people in hopes that these treasures will be preserved for future generations. He is a leading authority on child development in music and movement and served as Professor and Chair of the Music Education Department of the Hartt School of the University of Hartford.

SKU: GI.G-9033T

ISBN 9781622773954.

With its commitment to creating independent musical thinkers through the use of folk songs, Conversational Recorder is a visionary approach to recorder that builds music literacy and independence. This highly anticipated component of John M. Feierabend’s Conversational Solfege is a dynamic and engaging method that seamlessly coordinates with Levels 1 and 2 of the curriculum, an innovative 12-step “ear-before-eye” approach to teaching music literacy. Central to Conversational Recorder are two hundred online audio tracks with coordinating Guided Practice Activities at the beginning of each unit. The online tracks walk students step by step through decoding patterns and songs and are perfectly suited for at-home assignments and virtual instruction. Each of the thirteen units in this resource presents a new rhythm or melody challenge that is reinforced using a series of short musical patterns and songs. To ensure aural mastery before instrumental application, students follow a three-step procedure: (1) sing first, (2) sing while fingering on recorder, and (3) play on recorder. The teacher’s manual includes dozens of recorder activities (techniques) along with an overview of the method, instructions for how to use the online tracks, and tips for teaching fingering, tonguing, and breathing. The appendices also contain sample lesson plans, resources for assessment, fingering charts, and information for teaching recorder to students with disabilities. Conversational Recorder is an ideal program for incorporating recorder instruction into the elementary music classroom. John M. Feierabend, PhD, has spent decades compiling songs and rhymes from the memories of the American people in hopes that these treasures will be preserved for future generations. He is a leading authority on child development in music and movement and served as Professor and Chair of the Music Education Department of the Hartt School of the University of Hartford. Rachel Grimsby is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Illinois State University and has over fifteen years of experience teaching elementary general music. She is a co-author of First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk and Feierabend Fundamentals, and her research interests include professional development for in-service teachers and paraprofessionals as well as teaching music to students with disabilities.

SKU: GI.G-CSM

Purchase this high quality t-shirt and show your support for FAME! The front of the shirt contains the Conversational Solfege logo and the phrase Syllables are Power on the back. A portion of every purchase goes to support FAME, the Feierabend Association for Music Education. This shirt is available only in purple.

SKU: GI.G-CSL

Purchase this high quality t-shirt and show your support for FAME! The front of the shirt contains the Conversational Solfege logo and the phrase Syllables are Power on the back. A portion of every purchase goes to support FAME, the Feierabend Association for Music Education. This shirt is available only in purple.

SKU: GI.G-CSXXL

Purchase this high quality t-shirt and show your support for FAME! The front of the shirt contains the Conversational Solfege logo and the phrase Syllables are Power on the back. A portion of every purchase goes to support FAME, the Feierabend Association for Music Education. This shirt is available only in purple.

SKU: GI.G-9736

ISBN 9781622775385.

Contributors: Kevin Boyle • John M. Feierabend • Lillie Feierabend • Betsy Greene • Connie Greenwood • Rachel Grimsby • Andrew Himelick • Lindsay Jackson • Craig Knapp • Chris Anne Powers • Stephanie Schall-Brazee • Missy Strong Feierabend Fundamentals: History, Philosophy, and Practice is the first comprehensive look at all aspects of John M. Feierabend's innovative and popular approach to teaching music, written by a team of practitioners from early childhood to college and beyond. Topics include elementary general music, instrumental and choral music, assessment, children with special needs, establishing a First Steps business, and a comparison of the major music education methodologies. Feierabend Fundamentals is written for new teachers, teachers certified by the Feierabend Association for Music Education, veteran teachers, and undergraduate and graduate college students. Edited and compiled by Missy Strong and John M. Feierabend, this book is a major contribution to the music education profession and is a significant step to bringing this powerful yet child-centered approach to an even larger community. Missy Strong has been joyfully teaching general and vocal music at the preschool, elementary, and middle school levels for over two decades. She is a Founding Member and Endorsed Teacher Trainer with the Feierabend Association for Music Education and is currently the president-elect. Missy is also a sought-after author, editor, presenter, and consultant who works with educators at the international, regional, state, local, and collegiate levels. John M. Feierabend, PhD, is considered one of the leading authorities on child development in music and movement. His teaching and scholarship have provided thousands of teachers and their students with the materials and techniques to help build community by enabling all people to become tuneful, beatful, and artful. To that end he has developed two research-based and developmentally appropriate pedagogical methods: First Steps in Music, a music and movement program for infants through elementary aged children, and Conversational Solfege, a music literacy method for use in elementary through college music classes.