John Feierabend’s 2018 reissued book Conversational Solfege Level 3 (a.k.a. “Upper Levels” or just “CSUL”) is the same Ear-First Approach to thinking musical thoughts that sets Conversational Solfege apart, and it geared towards MS/HS performing ensembles. Upper levels pick up the sequence where Level 2 left off, guiding students to think, read, and write in most keys, meters, and regions of the staff. CSUL also includes a curriculum to teach musicians a Conversational knowledge of major and minor diatonic harmony and its application to teaching improvisation and composition in performing ensemble classrooms. Building on the conversational skill of “discovering the baseline” to create a harmony, introduced in Lev. 2, this curriculum leads students to use a bass line to inform tonal analysis to reveal the corresponding diatonic chord tones and the many melodic counter-portal possibilities that weave harmony together. Come prepared to sing. This course applies to upper elementary general music, as well as middle school and high school choral and instrumental teachers.
Course Details
24 hrs of instruction
in the US: Friday Nights 7-11 PM US-EST | 04/04/25 – 05/09/25
Location: Zoom Online – link will be provided after registration
$US400
Moderated by FAME-endorsed teacher John Crever