Singing the solfas d, r, m
Pupil’s Activity
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· Solfa syllables are used to name different pitches.
· The names of the first 3 syllabes are d, r, m
· We singing the pitches d,r,m going up and m,r,d going down, the sounds gives us a ladder called solfa ladder
· A solfa ladder is made up of sounds of different pitches moving up and down
· Singing from the lowest to the highest note is called ascending order(upwards)
· Singing the solfa from the highest note to the lowest is called descending order (downwards)
d- sung as doh is the lowest sound.
r- sung as re higher than doh.
m- sung as mi is the highest.
taa taa taa
d r m
taa taa taa
m r d
Recognising the sounds d,r,m in simple songs
Pupil’s Activity
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Melodies can be created using solfa syllables d, r, m
The solfa syllables are arranged in different ways to make a melody
Song: MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow, yeah.
Everywhere the child went,
The little lamb was sure to go, yeah.
He followed her to school one day,
And broke the teacher's rule.
What a time did they have,
That day at school.
Tisket, tasket,
A green and yellow basket.
Sent a letter to my baby,
On my way I passed it
Hand signs for the sound for d r m
We can also recognise syllables by using hand signs
Creating melodies using d r m on the descant recorder
Pupil’s Activity
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