Solfege: The Singing and Harmonic Organization Game Created by Ruth Paget
Objective:
Learn the vocabulary or jargon of singing and harmonic organization in Barron’s AP (Advanced Placement) Music Theory Test Preparation book.
Learning the vocabulary first makes learning the concepts and understanding the illustrations in the fourth and fifth chapters of Barron’s Music Theory Test Preparation book easier.
Some junior colleges and colleges will award college credit for a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Music Theory Examination. Having college credit awarded for one class saves on tuition money.
Some high schools offer AP test preparation classes. Some businesses like Princeton Review and Kaplan can find tutors for the AP Music Theory Preparation Test.
Skills and Related Jobs:
Mastering AP Music Theory will allow you to read and write music.
Related jobs include composer, musician (if you practice), singer (if you practice), concert organizer, and music industry writer.
Materials Needed:
-Barron’s AP Music Theory Test Preparation book
-index cards
-markers
-access to Google Pronunciation
Number of Players:
1,2,4, or a group of single players for a society game
Method:
-Create flash cards with the vocabulary word on the front and the definition, symbol, and/or demonstration notes on the back. Look in AP Music Theory for this information.
-Learn words two at a time.
-When you have learned ten words, test yourself on meaning and spelling.
-Continue to test yourself ten words at a time till you have learned all the words.
-Once you have learned the vocabulary words, read the fourth and fifth chapters two or three times to see if you understand the concepts.
-Finally, practice doing the exercises on separate sheets of paper first, so you can correct answers.
Play Solfege till you learn the following words:
*aural skills
-solfege
-solfege syllables
-moveable-Do
-sight singing
-melodic dictation
-harmonic dictation
-melodic patterns
*intervals
-compound interval
-consonant interval
-counterpoint
-diatonic interval
-dissonant
-enharmonic interval
-half step
-harmonic interval
-harmony
-inversion
*interval quality
-perfect
-major
-minor
-augmented
-diminished
-doubly augmented
-doubly diminished
-melodic interval
-numerical or interval quantity
-simple interval
-tritone
-unison
-whole step
*triads
-augmented
-diminished
-major
-inversions of triad
-root position
-first inversion
-second inversion
*seventh chords
-major major
-major -minor seventh
-diminished minor
-half-diminished -minor
-diminished -diminished
-fully-diminished seventh
-inversions of seventh chords
-root position
-first inversion
-second inversion
-third inversion
Have fun learning the building blocks of music!
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
