Solfege

TAKADIMI

Adaptée par PIANO ACADEMIE

Introduction

The solfège is often today a source of anguish for the children and … for the parents.

Bad memory, repetition, scale, … many have stopped practicing an instrument because they couldn’t fit in the mould of the conservatories!

A necessary tool to understand musical language and read a score, solfège allows musicians from all over the world to share the same language. Of course you can play the piano without knowing music theory. However, without all the knowledge that the solfeggio gathers, it is impossible to decipher a score. It is the essential tool that will allow you to read music and understand any score. The study of music theory should not be a constraint but on the contrary should be a freedom that will make the future musicians autonomous and independent to allow them to play all the pieces they want.

Thus our school has set up a pedagogy that will allow children to acquire the fundamentals without suffering the known traumas.

Solfege according to Piano Academie

We are proud to introduce the TAKADIMI method!

TAKADIMI is an ancestral Indian method that was reintroduced in American universities in the mid-90s. It is based on the use of specific syllables placed in certain places in a rhythmic figure. It facilitates the recognition and identification of rhythmic patterns. It is a tool that is easy to apply, the solfège becomes a game.

We tested this method on a few students for 6 months and we were definitively conquered !

Not only the progress is remarkable but also the students have a lot of fun and learn while having fun.

Organization of music theory classes

At the first year, the solfège is integrated during the hour of the piano lesson. Basic notions such as the reading of the G and F keys as well as rhythm are covered. From the beginning of the school year 2020, from the 2nd year of music, solfège will be taught separately in group lessons for 1 hour, at school or online.

Program

Integrated into the piano lesson
- 1st year: Discovery of the notes of the keys of G and F and notions of rhythm.
Group lessons at your choice at school or at a distance.
2nd year: Reading over one octave of the G and F keys, binary rhythms, second and third intervals
3rd year: Reading over two octaves of the G and F keys, ternary rhythms, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh intervals. Discovery of tonalities.
4th year; Free deciphering, harmony and improvisation lessons.

Practical information

All our music theory lessons take place in groups and online. Music theory lessons are included in the packages of students taking the school’s instrument courses.

Schedules

Level 1 – Lessons for children aged 5 and 6 (duration 30mn)
- Tuesday 5:05pm
- Wednesday 18h05
- Friday 6:05pm
Level 2 – intended for children studying the volume 2 score (duration 1h)
- Tuesday 5:35 pm
- Wednesday 6:35pm
- Thursday 18h35
- Friday 18h35
Level 3 – Prerequisite: perfect knowledge of an octave in the key of G and an octave in the key of F. (duration 45mn).
- Monday 18h05
- Thursday 18h05
Level 4 – Prerequisite: perfect knowledge of 2 octaves in the treble clef, and 2 octaves in the bass clef.
- Monday 18h50
- Thursday 18h50