Mon 03 Nov
|Sheffield
Solfège & Musical Sign Language (half session) (1 of 2)
Use musical sign language to place pitches in the body, helping you to get out of your head when sight-reading.
Time & Location
03 Nov 2025, 19:30 – 21:00
Sheffield, The Sorting Office, 846 Ecclesall Rd, Sheffield S11 8TP, UK
About the event
Integrated in our normal Pop Chorus session will be a 45-min workshop on a modern version of solfège and the Curwen hand symbols. This a musicianship class, and is an opportunity to also learn some basic music theory.
By identifying pitches with hand symbols, musicians are better able to get out of their heads and recall precise notes in a scale. The added advantage of this is that you no longer need to try and work out intervals between notes. You can simply spot the scale degree of the note (i.e. an 'A' in D Major is the fifth scale degree, or the dominant), sign the hand symbol for no. 5, and notice that the physical gesture helps you recall that pitch.
This method was made famous by Zoltán Kodály in the 20th Century and is used in virtually all countries that teach Western Classical Music other than the UK...…
Tickets
General Admission
This ticket includes access to the rest of the Pop Chorus session, where you will be invited to learn a 3-part pop arrangement with the regular community singers
£15.00
+£0.38 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00