Alix Latta

MUSE 258

Citation
Sound Connections Chapter 6
Don Ester
3/27/2019

Discussion
This chapter of the Sound Connections book deals mainly with how to move from
echoing and echo-translating tonal syllables to reading and notating these patterns both in
isolation and in context. It also moves through how to teach students about general concepts in
tonal music literacy, such as the concept of the staff, clefs, modulation, and key signatures,
slowly moving through the basic concepts into the more difficult aspects of reading the tonal
aspects of music.
This chapter is important for any present or future music educator looking to
implement the Sound Connections approach within their own classrooms because it details
exactly what one needs to advance their students tonally from the echo and echo-translating stage
of music literacy. With this information, teachers will be able to functionally and smoothly move
their students from sound to sight through the use of tonal syllables, eventually having students
reading and notating music through several different keys and modulation of those keys. This
information is critical for using the Sound Connections system within the classroom because it
deals with the difficult step of moving students from simply hearing and responding to the tonal
information they are being given to actually associating these sounds to visual information.
Without the information outlined in this chapter, teachers may not be properly moving their
students through the sequence, interrupting the sequence and therefore the natural flow of
learning that the Sound Connections advocates for.