Music Lessons with Mason: What is Sol-Fa?
I was a workshop speaker in Iowa in October for a CM retreat. I did an immersion on Sol-fa, or what we now call Solfege. I also presented an overview of the research I have been doing with the Charlotte Mason Digital Collection about how Mason taught music in the P.N.E.U Schools. I wanted to share the information from my handout in case others might benefit! This is kind of dry reading, but if you have been curious about how all the musical pieces fit together like I was, this will interest you! ( I apologize for the formatting issues. I copied my content from a Word Doc and things won't line up nicely. But I am a mama, not a blogger, so I am not worrying too much about it!!) Brief Overview of the Music Lessons of Parent’s National Education Union (P.N.E.U.) Programmes: Form 1 (1st-3rd)
Form 1b (1st Grade) Singing Games (used English Folksongs): 15 min. 2x/week (intro. to Sol-fa) Form 1a (2nd/3rd) Sol-Fa: 15 minutes 2x/week (ear training with pitch, intervals and rhythm) Folk Singing Form 1b - 2 Foreign Language folksongs per term: 15 min. 1x/week Form 1a- 2 French and 2 English songs: 15 min. 1x/week Hymn 1-2 per term (included Christmas Carols) 10 min. 1x/week
Form 2 (4th-6th)
Living Books: Lives of the Great Musicians by P. Scholes (biography and musical concepts/form)
Folksong - 2-3 Foreign Language Folksongs and 2-3 English songs per term: 20 min. 2x/wee Hymn - Learn songs by composers studied (included Christmas Carols) 10 min. 1x/week (Not on timetable)
Form 3 (7th-8th)
Music Appreciation, History, and Theory/Form Books: The Listener’s Guide to Music by P. Scholes and Musical Groundwork by F.H. Shera, or The First/Second Book of Great Musicians by P. Scholes
Folksongs - 3 French and 3 German Folksongs and 3 English songs per term: 20 min. 2x/week Hymn/Choral Singing - Learn songs by composers studied (included Christmas Carols) 10 min. 1x/week, Hymn not on Timetable example that we have, but singing is.
Form 4 (9th-10th)
Music Appreciation, History, and Theory/Form Books: (Optional in 10th Grade)The Listener’s Guide to Music by P. Scholes, or Musical Groundwork by F.H. Shera, and/or The Second Book of Great Musicians by P. Scholes
Folksongs: 3 French, 3 German?, and 3 English songs per term Singing/Hymn - Learn songs by composers studied (Carols, Aria, Classical, folk)
Living Books - Music History and Ear Training Form 5 (11th) and Form 6 (12th)
Living Books - Some Choices: The Enjoyment of Music by A.W. Pollitt, Lives of the Great Composers, ed. by A.L. Bacharach, The Musical Companion, ed. by A.L. Bacharach
Choral Singing - Learn songs by composers studied (Carols, Aria, Classical, folk) Sight Singing - Practical sight-singer by A. Carse: 170 Sight Reading exercises
Living Books about Music Theory, History, etc.: The Growth of Music by H.C. Colles, Foundations of Practical Harmony and Counterpoint by R.O. Morris -12 chapters; see preface, Practical Harmony by Stewart Macpherson, Elements of Music by F. Davenport
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