The purpose of this study is to identify the difference between the children’s solfege singing skills in terms of the diction, pitch accuracy and rhythm between the treatment group and the control group. The solfege notation selected and evaluated in this study encompasses (i) so mi and (ii) so mi la. The duration of this study is two weeks. Fifty children from two preschools were selected as the respondents in this study. This study adopts the quasi-experimental design with one treatment group and one control group of twenty five children, respectively. The treatment group sang using hand signals, while the control group sang without the hand signals. The study finding shows that the Kodaly teaching method using hand signals is more effective to increase the skills in diction, pitch accuracy and rhythm if compared to the teaching method without the hand signals. Kodaly teaching method has given a positive impact based on the fact that the solfege notation needs to be used to improve children’s musical skills.
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