They
consist in:
1. Singing any well-known hymn-tune, or simple melody of the Folk Song
type, using the Sol-fa names of the notes. It should be sung phrase by
phrase, until every child in the class is sure of the correct notes.
2. The children should now go in turn to the piano, and each play a
phrase of the melody, first in C major, then in G.
It is important to emphasize the fact that the tune must be well known
to them, or an extra difficulty will be introduced.
As the children learn more and more keys, these tunes should be
transposed into them.
Provided the class does not consist of picked musical children, there
will always be a few in it who do not learn the piano. This work will
be one of their opportunities for learning a little about it.
Interesting results have been obtained from such children, if the
teacher is enthusiastic and ready to help.
By the time that the class has begun the study of three-part chords the
transposition will become more and more interesting, as sequences of
chords can now be transposed.
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