Bodyfege - A Dalcroze Approach to Teaching Solfege

Greg Ristow shares a favorite Dalcroze Eurhythmics game for introducing solfege in this excerpt from episode 6 of Notes from the Staff. Dalcroze Eurhythmics teaches music through movement, improvisation and play.
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[@weronikaj9612]

Very interesting. Were the hand gestures invented by Dalcroze himself?

[@craigsproston7378]

Excellent. What body gestures would you use for Chromatic notes eg si for harmonic minor

[@josephpopoola2295]

This is awesome!!! A very solid foundation to understanding solfege through "bodyfege"
I was going to ask how do I make a body for "la" an octave below, i figured I'd just have to snap my fingers at the knee level ...hehehe... its so nice you started with the pentatonic scale "d r m s l" before introducing the last two. Great Video!!!

[@changkai-ching6676]

Thank you for sharing an amazing class! This is fun to learn!