Beginning Solfège

In this 75-minute collaboration, we will explore the idea of a personal inner tempo and then consider the challenge of “being music” that is at tempos more-than and less-than our authentic selves. How am I to feel the reality of another? With examples from Bach, La Bottine Souriante, and Satie, we will consider the difference between playing the notes of and being the music of another.

Miles Davis’s solo on the track “Flamenco Sketches” from Kind of Blue is unsurpassed in its beauty. We will study it through solfège to unlock some of its modal secrets.

Experience a Dalcroze education class from the 2010 National Conference.

Experience a Dalcroze education class from the 2012 National Conference.

Variation on a theme is a concept central to the Dalcroze approach. This lesson uses several recordings to explore various movement possibilities.

Recorded at the 2023 National Conference.