Music

LEARNING OF MUSIC @ FUHUA

Through the music education at Fuhua Primary School, students learn to express their feelings and thoughts and appreciate music in local and global cultures through student-centric programmes and activities. Fuhua leverages on technology to deepen students’ learning through creative music production and performance to develop critical thinking skills, psychomotor skills, social awareness, as well as moral and cultural values.

EXPERIENCE-CONCEPT-APPLICATION

The school adapts the Experience-Concept-Application Approach or ECA Music Approach from Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the Arts (STAR) to assist us in our lesson design.

Lessons begin by providing opportunities for students to experience the concept through rote learning(imitation and repetition).  Students’ curiosity is anticipated as they progress along the lesson.

Moving on to the concept stage, the teacher engages the students with questions that will lead them to the discovery of the concept in musical terms.  For upper primary students, concepts are integrated with historical events and cultural backgrounds.  They are encouraged to be self-directed learners through independent research and exploration of variety of learning materials.

Snippets of Fuhua Music Programmes

1)      Local & Global Music

2)      Exploration in the Music Classroom

 Keyboarding
Students explore rhythm, melody and piano techniques using flexi-keyboards.

 Angklung and Kompang
Students learn about traditional music, rhythm and ensemble-playing using authentic instruments.

 Recorder
Students gain an understanding of pitch, tone quality and posture and handling of recorders.

 Indian Ethnic Percussion
Students discover various traditional Indian rhythmic patterns and develop ensemble performance techniques.

 Ukulele
Students develop knowledge of chord progressions and strumming techniques.

3)      Technology-based music lessons 

4)      Learning Beyond the Music Classroom

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