A Study of Kodaly Method Applied on Grade Three Student’s Sense of Tonality of Pentatonic Scale Research

• Main Authors: KUO ,HUI-JU, 郭惠如
• Other Authors: Chen,Hsiao-Shien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6v648c

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 音樂學系碩士班 === 105 === The purpose of this study aimed to explore the effectiveness of promoting students’ sense of tonality while applying Kodaly Method to teach third-grade music lessons in Art and Humanities learning area. In this study, a class of third graders in Taichung City were selected as the research participants. The study period was lasted 12 weeks. Based on literature review, the researcher designed a series of teaching activities, and, by using pentatonic scale to cultivate children’s sense of tonality nevertheless, formulated teaching diary, teacher’s teaching observation checklist, and learning evaluation assessmentwere as the tools for this research. The qualitative description, accompanied by quantitative data, were recorded and collected. Based on the results of the study, the researchers put forward the following conclusions: First, Kodaly Method had good results on enhancing the third-grade students’ abilities to listen and recognize the composition of the tone set of Tonic Sol-fa on pentatonic scale. Second, Kodaly Method had excellent results on enhancing the third-grade students’ abilities to listen and recognize the main tonic as well as their sense of tonality on pentatonic scale. Finally, according to the conclusions above, suggestions and recommendations were provided for music educators and prospective researchers, respectively, to use as references for applying Kodaly Method in music teaching and follow-up studies.