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Introduction to Solfege
(20 Jul 02)
More Exercises
There are many exercises based on major scales you can perform with Solfege. Let me give you a few examples. In the beginning it might be helpful to write the syllables below the notes, although we should try to avoid this as much as we can.
Singing all the Seconds within the scale.
Singing melodic phrases. Also perform this downward.
Make up your own melodic phrases!
Thirds
And here's an example in Bb that you can try to sightread by singing the melody with Solfege. Again, feel free to post your result in the forums if you'd like me to check it out.
Conclusion
I hope that with this rather quick introduction I was able to give you at least a glimps of how well Solfege can be used for ear training. It's just the beginning and I intend to continue with a series of articles.
For a taste of what's to come: In addition to what we have covered so far we will discover how to use Solfege to learn to feel / hear chords, rhythms and harmonic progressions.
Well, that's it. As always feel free to post any comments and questions in the forums.
Cu laterz,
Guni
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Guni is one of the founding members of the iBreatheMusic Team. Read more about myself in the member spotlight, issue #6 of "The Pulse", iBreatheMusic's bi-weekly newsletter.
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