Tonic sol-fa isn’t exactly fashionable in music education today , so many amateur musicians know nothing of it. To my mind, this is a great pity. Familiarising themselves with this system has the potential, I believe, to be the most effective form of self-help that they could undertake.
So, what is this sol-fa thing? Tonic, or [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Sol-fa, So Good!
Posted in Music Education, tagged amateur players on April 23, 2007 | 11 Comments »
High-School Band:Involving A Pupil With Special Needs
Posted in Music Education, Music Technology, Music and Disability, tagged Questions on April 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One of the most rewarding of my recent online activities must be an exchange of emails with an American high-schooler.This wonderful child was looking for a way to share the joy she experienced as a member of her school band with one of the school’s special needs pupils. She had some excellent ideas of her [...]
