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MUS 245 Kodaly I
Section Number 73544
Catalog Description:

Note: May be taken 2 times
An in-depth study of the Kodaly approach to music education, with particular emphasis on philosophy and methodology. Special attention is given to the sequencing of concepts and lesson planning for the implementation of the Kindergarten and first grade levels. CSU; Closed Captioned

Instructor:

Diane Geller

Class Meetings:

10:00-12:50pm
On the following Saturdays: Aug. 26; Sept. 23; Oct. 28; Nov. 18; Dec. 2, 16
Room D-4

Broadcast Days and Times:

Times and days for Cox Cable North -Channel 16 and Adelphia Cable North-Channel 67:
SMonday Wednesday Friday 9:00-9:30pm OR Wednesday 8:00-9:30am

Viewing Options

If this course does not air in your area or you don't have cable you have two options. The first option is you can check out video tapes from the Learning Resource Center on the San Marcos Main Campus Library or the Escondido, Fallbrook, Ramona or Mt Carmel sites. The second option is watching the lessons online. All of our classes are video streamed and available for viewing on the course's Blackboard website (see below about Blackboard log in instructions).

Class Outline

Course materials are available the Friday prior to when classes begin. Access your course outline, assignments, handouts and announcements, as well as view video lessons in Blackboard. Log in Blackboard instructions:

USERNAME: STUDENT ID Number
PASSWORD: Palomar eServices Password
(Unless you are a returning student and previously changed your password)

To log in go to: http://www.palomar.edu/pconline/

Textbook and Other Required Materials:

Video Series Entitled:

Stepping Stones to Teaching Music

Video Lesson Descriptions:

This course provides training in the fundamentals of music, primarily for the non-music major. The course of study includes a thorough acquaintance with scales, intervals, keys and triads, as well as development in ability to sight read simple melodic material and take simple melodic dictation.

Program Descriptions:

1) How Firm A Foundation…
Stepping stones to a solid philosophy of music education: Overview of Kodaly philosophy and background, importance of music education and its relation to other disciplines. The Kindergarten curriculum and "Unconscious Concepts".

2) So You Want To Sing In Tune?
The first four stepping stones: Specific Concepts: Match Pitch/ Sing In Tune/ Steady Beat/ Different voices.

3) Listen, My Children, And You Shall Hear
Important stepping stones to musical listening: Question/ Answer/ Inner Hearing/ Loud/ Soft

4) I Got Rhythm…I Got Music
Rhythmic and melodic stepping stones: Specific Concepts: Silence/ High/Low/ Rhythm: Fast/Slow

5) Dare To Compare
Stepping stones of comparison: Specific Concepts: Similar Rhythms/ Similar Melodies/ Ostinato

6) Prepare…Present…Practice - The 3 P's
Stepping stones to teaching success: Full analysis of Kindergarten Outlines/ Lesson plans for 1st 3 Lessons: How to follow progression of concepts: 3 P's Fully taught Lesson Plan #1: Preparation.

7) Sequence-Sequence-Sequence: The 3 P's Continued
The Middle Step: Presentation: Pre-Analysis and Fully-taught Lesson Plan #2

8) How To Finish Well
Practice Makes Perfect: Pre-Analysis and Fully-taught Lesson Plan #3

9) Getting Into The Nitty-Gritty
Stepping stones to Level I: Full Analysis: Level I Outlines and Lesson Plans #1-3: Kindergarten review.

10) The Beat Goes On…
Stepping stones to beginning music symbols: Lessons #4 and #5: BEAT and TA.

11) Sounds and Silence
Stepping stones to reinforce Beat and prepare the "rest". Lessons #6 and #7: BEAT, TA, prepare "REST".

12) A 'Resting' Place
Stepping stones to preparing the concept of "Rest". Pre-Analysis and full Lesson #8

13) And a little child shall lead them…
Stepping stones to presenting the Symbol for "Rest": Lesson 9: Real first grade class shows concept presentation for "Rest".

14) A Beat Divided
Stepping stones to the Divided Beat. Finish practicing "Rest": Lesson #10. Materials for Lessons #11 and #12.

15) Onward and Upward
Stepping stones to the Divided Beat continued: Materials for Lessons #13, #14, and #15: prepare and present "Ti-Ti".

16) A Rhythmic Finish
Stepping stones to finishing the Rhythmic Sequence: Materials for Lessons #16, #17, and #18: Practice "Ti-ti", prepare High and Low.

17) 10 Stepping Stones to Melodic Reading
Lesson #19: Presenting "So-Mi" with Hand signs and pictures. Your turn! Writing your own lesson plan.

18) Get the Picture
Lesson #20: Reading "So-Mi" with pictures. Your turn! Writing your own lesson plan.

19) A Hand-y Tool
Steps to accurate tuning with hand signs. Lesson #21: Reading "So-Mi" with pictures and hand signs. Your turn! Writing your own lesson plan.

20) Independent Steps
Writing lessons for the 10 Steps to Melodic reading with "So-Mi". Materials for Lesson #22: "So-Mi" with pictures and letters. We show-now you write!

21) More Independent Steps
Materials for Lesson #23 and #24: "So-Mi" with letters and pictures, and letters alone. Now you are launched! Finish writing Lessons #26-28 on your own.

22) On A New Note…
The presentation of "La". Materials from the textbook and teaching Outlines of Dr. Katinka Daniel for "La-So-Mi" and "Mi-So-La".

23) More Lessons on "La"
Finishing materials for reading and writing of "La-So-Mi" and "Mi-So-La".

24) Shall We Make It A Fourth?...
The introduction of the fourth interval: "Mi-La" and "La-Mi" in Outlines and textbook.

25) Stepping Stones to Leaps
Finishing the Fourth: "Mi-La" and "La-Mi" in Outlines and textbook.

26) The Strongest Stepping Stone
"Do" Moves to Music Street. Introduction of "So-Mi-Do" and "Do-Mi-So".

27) Stepping Stones Down Music Street
Finishing melodic materials with "So-Mi-Do" and "Do-Mi-So" from Outlines and textbook.

28) "Do" Becomes the Mayor
Introduction of "Do" as the Tonic. Melodic materials for the intervals of "Do-So" and "So-Do" from Outlines and textbook.

29) Further 'Leaps' of Faith
Melodic materials for the intervals of "Do-La" and "La-Do" from Outlines and textbook.

30) Final Stepping Stones to Kodaly Level I
Summary of the Method, extra routines, games, etc.

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