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Arts & Communication Interactive whiteboard in solfeggio teaching

lesser extent, its roots can be found in all of today’s working help of various programs, games, and web applications
methods on the subject of solfeggio. Guido introduced a intended for practicing hearing and musical literacy,
system of lines and spaces, movable keys, and new tone teachers can supplement solfeggio classes with quality.
names: solmization syllables (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, and la). The interactive climate in the classroom will certainly
In addition, the name solfeggio has not been retained contribute to greater attention and interest among students
everywhere in the world, so in English, it can be found in the 21 century. Many computer programs, games, and
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under the name ear training or aural training; in German, applications have been reduced to learning and checking
it is Gehörebildung, and in France, it is solfège. Solfeggio concepts from music theory and auditory training to
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is also described as a musical language, that is, as learning recognize notes, intervals, chords, and short melodic and
a musical language, that is, as a process of acquiring rhythmic phrases. Earbeater is a web application created
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musical literacy. Modern technology should find a place for music students to practice their listening skills. It
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in the teaching of solfeggio and supplement the existing offers over 200 exercises that involve listening to intervals,
traditional work methods used by teachers because such chords, and scales. The application can be used on the web
methods are often outdated and less interesting for students or on iOS devices (iPhones or iPads). The Goodear web
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of the 21 century. The method of obtaining information application is also intended for auditory training, similar to
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in the modern world is instantaneous, always available the previous application. With this application, in addition
through the Internet, and occurs through a technological to listening exercises for intervals and chords, one can
device. Today’s children are surrounded by technology practice listening to cadences, jazz chords, note positions
every day in the form of mobile phones, computers, or (on the scale), and absolute pitch (within the range of the C
tablets. Therefore, the teaching of solfeggio can and should major scale). Meludia is a French program, a brain-training
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be enriched with digital technology, especially computers application based on auditory musical tasks. Meludia offers
and interactive boards. Therefore, the aim of this paper is a different type of listening exercise than the previously
to demonstrate the possibility of using an interactive board described applications. The Meludia program offers four
in the teaching of solfeggio. modules or exercise levels: basic (discovery), intermediate
(intermediate), advanced (advanced), and expert (expert).
2. Digital technology in solfeggio teaching Each module offers different exercise levels. Musictheory.
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People’s lives have become unimaginable without net is a website or program that, in addition to exercises
portable devices such as personal computers, tablets, and for listening and music theory, offers lessons and tools in
smartphones that can easily fit in their pockets. Today’s the form of calculators for answering music-theoretical
students have grown up surrounded by technology and concepts. An interesting thing about Musictheory.net is
think and process information in a significantly different that there are lessons in which you can read everything
way than their predecessors; therefore, the question is from the basics of musical literacy to the construction and
no longer whether and when digital technology should composition of various chords, and scales. Tonesavvy is a
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be introduced into education. By introducing digital computer program with theoretical, musical, and listening
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technology into the teaching process, students are offered exercises. The main difference between Tonesavvy and the
an interactive and innovative way of acquiring content that previously described programs is their ability to create
is visually and auditorily attractive. Digital technology can profiles of teachers and students. In addition to similar
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create interactive and collaborative environments in which tasks, as in other programs, Tonesavvy offers rhythmic and
students can work on projects, share ideas, and receive melodic dictation tasks. However, this is not a concrete
feedback from their peers and teachers. In addition, dictation, as is heard on solfeggio in traditional ways of
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one of the advantages of digital technology in schools is working, but short two-measure phrases are recognized
the possibility of distance teaching if physical teaching is here as rhythmic dictation and a few tones of the scale as
impossible. This advantage came to the fore in 2020 during melodic dictation. TonPoTon was originally a Croatian
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the COVID-19 pandemic, when schools worldwide had to platform for computer games to practice musical literacy.
close their doors. 2 This platform offers musical literacy training in various
computer games, through which you can practice reading
In solfeggio, the basic teaching tools are blackboards,
chalk (a marker pen), and textbooks. However, the most notes in violin, bass, and alt keys; practice rhythmic
patterns; and recognize scales, intervals, and chords.
important tool is the piano. Without a piano, it is impossible
to imagine a solfeggio class in a music school, which is This platform can be used on mobile phones, tablets, and
indispensable for almost all the content and activities of computers.
the class. The computer used in solfeggio lessons can be Traditional solfeggio learning methods do not foresee
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a valuable teaching tool in various subject areas. With the the use of digital technology. Printed traditional textbooks

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