In this chat Dr. Feierabend discusses how First Steps in Music serves as a prerequisite for Conversational Solfege in that a child’s tuneful, beatful, and artful skills need to be in place for Conversational Solfege to be successful. Dr. Feierabend also discusses why a teacher might want to use First Steps in Music in older grades, as well as how and why tuneful beatful and artful activities for older students should be included in each lesson once the students are learning Conversational Solfege. Great questions this month, everyone!
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