The Ward Method
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Justine Ward focuses her methodology mainly on vocal training, it is
say, in the singing. Consider three fundamental elements to take into account in
All sung music: voice control, perfect pitch, and precise rhythm. The fact
what triggered the idea of creating a method that would provide a solid
music education for primary school students was listening in a Catholic Church
a choir of children singing Gregorian.
As is obvious, this method considers the most important instrument the voice,
each sound must be emitted clearly, pure, in tune, with a light and agile voice. It is carried to
it ends a classification of voices according to the degree of perfection achieved, although
No one is ruled out, as the goal is to achieve the best improvement.
possible. According to this degree of perfection, Ward classifies voices into three
types:
Optimal: good voice and sense of rhythm.
Regular: good voice and regular sense of rhythm; or good sense of rhythm
and regular voice.
They have a bad voice and a poor sense of rhythm.
This method also uses a coded notation, corresponding to a height
relative of any major key. The sounds are represented bodily, and
its graphical representation is made through numbers from 1 to 7,
corresponding to the 7 notes of the scale.
INFLUENCES OF THE METHOD
Thomas Schields. Philosophical Ideas.
John Young. Music method for youth with exercises where they were combined.
techniques of the Bel Canto.
Maurice Chevais. Exercises for the development of singing.
Love-Paris and Pierre Galin. Take the rhythmic syllables, the use of gesture to
favor the intonation and the numerical notation.
Jaques Dalcroze. Experiencing rhythm through movement and the use of
of popular songs.
Ward method
Interdisciplinarity
You must start from what is known to approach new knowledge, through
the motivation of students to show interest in discovering.
Inductive
Seeks to offer a wide repertoire. The teacher is a facilitator of
the learning itineraries to be developed, and support for problems
and difficulties.
Critical and aesthetic sense
The children discover their voice, with the help of the teacher.
The voice will be the first instrument and the exploration and discovery of its
possibilities will be carried out through progressive vocal games, suitable
to its capabilities.
The main goal will be to ensure that all girls and boys, without exception,
learn to use the voice effortlessly, beautifully, and feeling the pleasure of
to sing
Attention to voice education
-Utilize resources like mobile Do and
various types of notation (melodic gesture, notation
with fingers, numerical notation and notation without
agenda)
Melodic games