Solfège
The foundation of music education in Western classical music
Training to develop musical sensitivity and music reading skills
By cultivating skills such as a sense of pitch, phrasing, rhythm, pulse, and harmony, along with acquiring knowledge of music theory and history, you will more accurately express the character and nuances of music.
This training improves your understanding of sheet music and cultivates the skills needed to envision and translate musical ideas from a score into written notation.
Examples of lessons at MonLasol:
Music Theory
Learning the principles that form the structure of music. This content also includes music grammar.
Ear Training
Listening to music and writing it down in notation. This helps you develop your musical ear.
Sight Singing
Singing a given piece without the aid of an instrument.
This helps connect reading skills with the ability to internally imagine music.
Sight singing of unfamiliar pieces (new piece sight singing exercises) is also included.
Rhythm
Expressing a given rhythm without using pitch.
Clef Reading
Quickly reading music written in various clefs (such as treble, bass, and alto) without using pitch.
Music Analysis
Analyzing the background and structure of musical works.
Harmony
One of the three essential elements of music, alongside melody and rhythm
Involves constructing chords by combining several notes and studying how to connect them
By studying harmony, you develop a sense of harmony, which enables richer musical expression while improving your understanding of harmonic structures and compositional skills.
Harmony is a compositional technique known as écriture. Écriture involves researching the rules and styles of composition and using them for expression. Counterpoint (the combination of melodies), fugue (an application of counterpoint), and orchestration (the effective distribution and blending of instruments) are also included in this category.
The term ‘écriture’ means ‘writing techniques’ in French. As the term implies, it cannot be fully learned through textbooks alone; it requires repeated writing and revising.
At MonLasol, students can learn practical French harmony through texts based on the French curriculum.
Examples of Lessons at MonLasol:
Bass
Exercises
Creating harmony by arranging the soprano, alto, and tenor parts to fit a given bass line.
Soprano Exercises
Creating harmony by arranging the bass, tenor, and alto parts to fit a given soprano line.
Harmony Analysis
Analyzing the harmony of a given piece of music.
Stylistic Harmony
Learning the harmonic techniques of various composers (for advanced students).
Lesson Format
Online Correction Lessons
Using materials based on
the French curriculum
tailored to each student’s level and circumstances
– Before Starting Lessons –
- We will inquire about your musical background, level, and goals for the lessons.
- Afterward, you will purchase the text that matches your level.
How the Lessons Proceed
3 lessons per month
You will receive 3 assignments every 10 days
Step
You will receive task instructions via email.
Step
Work on the task.
Step
Submit your answers by sending the data via email.
Step
You will receive the corrected tasks along with feedback.
You can ask questions via email about the task.
- You can start lessons at any time, whether at the beginning, middle, or end of the month.
- Each assignment is equivalent to approximately 60 minutes of a one-on-one lesson.
- Submit completed assignments as PDF or audio files within about a week.
- You will receive the corrected assignment and feedback within approximately 3 days.
- The next assignment will arrive 10 days after the previous one, regardless of whether the previous assignment has been submitted.
*If you submit the assignment by the deadline, you will receive a review assignment based on your submitted work, along with the new assignment. - Even if the assignment is not submitted by the deadline, we will still correct it once it is submitted.
- You can ask questions about the assignment at any time after receiving the corrections.
Tuition Fees
There is no enrollment fee
Solfège
3 lessons per month: JPY15,000 (including tax: JPY16,500)
Harmony
3 lessons per month: JPY15,000 (including tax: JPY16,500)
One-time lessons and additional lessons can also be arranged upon request.
*For lessons in counterpoint, fugue, or orchestration, please contact us individually.
Free Trial Lesson flow
We offer a free trial lesson for either solfège or harmony.
If you wish to take a free trial lesson, please fill in the contact form and indicate:
“Solfège Free Trial Lesson Request”
or
“Harmony Free Trial Lesson Request“.
After confirming the details by email, we will send you the trial assignment.
Free Trial Lesson flow
We offer a free trial lesson
for either solfège or harmony.
If you wish to take a free trial lesson,
please fill in the contact form and indicate:
“Solfège Free Trial Lesson Request“
or
“Harmony Free Trial Lesson Request“.
After confirming the details by email, we will send you the trial assignment.