The Kodaly Method I: Comprehensive Music Education

by Lois Choksy

Designed to provide sample month-by-month and yearly plans for each grade level from one to six, this step-by-step guide features a collection of more than 200 songs —many of which are new to the Third Edition —organized precisely in the sequence of the Kodaly Method. It presents a highly sequential music program in which singing, moving, listening, musical reading and writing, improvising and composing are the means through which children develop skills and acquire knowledge about melody, harmony, rhythm, form, tempo, timbre, and dynamics.

Genres: Music, Education, Teaching

328 pages, Hardcover

First published October 24, 1998

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great beginning source on the Kodaly method.

[Tandava Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been doing a lot of self-teaching on the Kodály method this summer, and this books is probably the most efficient way for someone to get started. It outlines what can be taught in what sequence up through sixth grade, with examples of how to introduce concepts, and it includes a large, ordered, collection of songs to use along the way.

[Gwyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting read. Enjoyable.

[Hank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great resource for pacing, music selections, and what each grade should leave knowing for general music.

[Anne (In Search of Wonder) · Rating 4 out of 5]

If this is the ONLY resource you have for implementing Kodaly methodology, it's not going to be enough. But it's a great introduction for someone new to the method, and for me, it helped provide some missing background information- the "why" behind some of the things I learned to do in my training. I also got some great ideas for teaching specific concepts.

ETA: I loved this quote from the book. Fierce! "Traditionally in American schools music has been strongest at the high school level, where a marching band was needed to send off the football team."

[Dee Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a great resource!