Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

1981
41m
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Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály believed that music could be taught to children as readily as reading. The method he developed uses a child's own natural instrument, the voice. Beginning with simple musical intervals, the child progresses from folk tunes and children's songs to the complex notes and rhythms of composed music--from Bye baby bunting to Bach. [The film] is a look at the Kodály method of music training in public elementary schools in San Jose, California, and West Hartford, Connecticut. Ordinary children are shown in the film, but they exhibit extraordinary self-confidence, discipline, concentration, and an eagerness to learn. There is no such thing as failure in a Kodály classroom; in fact, the children are able to correct their mistakes themselves. Moreover, the children will bring much of 'how' they learn in their music lessons--counting and problem-solving, left-to-right progression, following directions--to their study of reading, writing and arithmetic.

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Production Information

Production Companies
The Ford Foundation
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1981
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt9408620

Cast

Tom Cole
Tom Cole

Narrator

Key Crew

Joyce Chopra
Director
Joyce Chopra
Producer
Tom Cole
Writer

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