Name of teaching material
Body musical scale self-made product
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| Target |
First grade of junior high school division (students who are beginning to learn to read and write music scores) Junior high school division |
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| Disability category | visual impairment |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | music |
| Specific purposes | ･ To enable children to imagine the relationship between the name of a note and whether or not it is a high or a low note |
| Considerations for disability characteristics | The teaching material is a tool for teaching students who cannot yet make a connection between the image of the pitch of a note and the name of a note (e.g. students who cannot imagine that middle G is higher than middle C) to visualize the note’s pitch. The primary objective is to help students to understand Braille music scores. (The visual image of the pitch of each note cannot be expressed in these scores.) |
| Expected effects and results | Students will be able to visualize the pitch of each note, and this will help them in their music expression. |
| How to use | The teaching material is a tool for teaching the relationship between the name of a note and the pitch of the note. In this method, when the note is sounded or spoken out loud, students touch the following parts of their bodies (mostly the sides of the body) with both hands: the ankles for the note C, the knees for D, the thighs for E, the waist for F, the armpits for G, the shoulders for A, and the head for B. The C one octave higher than the first C is expressed by raising both hands. By connecting the name of a note with an image of part of one’s body, the pitch of the note can easily be visualized. However, because this method can be used only to generate an image of the vertical height, or pitch, of a note, other approaches need to be used in conjunction with this teaching method to connect this information with the student’s overall understanding of musical expression. |
| Related teaching materials and information |
Other devices used to connect the names of musical notes with body parts, posture, and so on. ･ Guidonian hand ･ Hand signs (Kodály system) |
| Useful for other students |
- Informant Music Course, Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords Music, score reading, score writing, and body image
- Created 2016-11-02 14:25:26
- Updated 2020-06-08 12:48:51