TRIAD- Dalcrose, Kodaly, and Orff

MUSIC 23241: MUSIC TEACHING AS A PROFESSION
Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, Assistant Professor
Kent State University School of Music
Fall, 2011

CRN:  200910 – Section number: 001 – Class Days: TR 7:45a – 8:35 am - Classroom: SOM E202
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BlackBoard and Text Readings

Submitted by:  Emily Young
Submitted for: Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, lecturer
Date: November 10, 2011

(2000)  Where we’ve been/ where we’re going.
TRIAD, (April),  Pages 22-30.

    This article discusses three different methods in elementary music education. Those methods are known as Dalcrose, Kodaly, and Orff.  All three believed that music education should begin very early in a child’s life.  Dalcrose believed that movement and eurythmics should be used to teach children music.  Kodaly uses Dalcrose’s ideas of movement, but also focuses on singing being a strong basis for understanding of music.  Orff combines movement, singing, and also the playing of instruments. 
    These three methods of teaching come up a lot when talking about elementary general music teaching.  I will definitely be learning about them a lot in the next few years.  This article is a good introduction to give me a slight understanding of what each method is.  These methods can provide me with several activities to use if I become an elementary teacher.  These methods are helpful in understanding how children learn and how the teacher can help them understand and appreciate music thoroughly.
    I feel that all three of these methods are very useful.  I wish that I would have learned more music when I was younger.  I do not feel that I got as much education in music as I should have.  Since music teachers only get to see their students a couple times a week, we need to make much better use of out time and impart lasting knowledge on them.