Music in Early Childhood Development

Falsetto is a light, high, head voice that is not pushed, yelled or forced in any way.

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Grades 1 to 3 learners can sing about an octave from C to C.

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Important thing to keep in mind is that where an adult feels most comfortable singing, is probably where the child feels most comfortable.

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Many songs for Elementary children are highly appropriate for the use in classroom curriculum.

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Ostinato are short patterns, repeated persistently throughout a piece often at the same pitch.

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Monophony is a word that refers to multiple independent lines of music sung at the same time.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat is an example of a Round Song.

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In a round song, two or more songs, which are musically compatible, are sung together.

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Harmony is singing only the melody.

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Descants are also type of harmony, but are instead placed above the melody.

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