Colourstrings

Template:Unreviewed Colourstrings is a music teaching method developed by Géza and Csaba Szilvay. The first-generation Colourstrings children were raised at the East Helsinki Music Institute, and the Helsinki Junior Strings were formed from the Institute’s Colourstrings pupils. The orchestra won major international acclaim and made a number of records and TV appearances. This was the start for the Colourstrings boom, and the method has since then spread all over the world also because of extensive teacher training. The method is ideal for preschool beginners and can be used effectively in instrumental teaching throughout the school years. It creates an environment in which singing, playing games and instruments live side by side, for the happiness of the child. It makes use of colourful teaching materials and supports learning by appealing to many senses. Founded on the principles of Kodály, Colourstrings aims to develop the capacity for internal listening so that the child learns to visualise the notes heard and to auralise the notes on the page.

References

• David Kettle: Distance vision. The Strad, September 2012
• Christina Hollmann: Mit Colourstrings die Welt der Musik erobern. Neue Musikzeitung, July-August 2011
• Henna Salmela: Colourstring continues to inspire. Highlights newsletter No. 18/2005