Exactly what I was looking for a visual of the hand motion for the talking rhythm of Kodaly! Thank you for posting this video. Very informative and easy to understand :)
I like the idea of this method because it explains a lot to a degee, however the issue for me is when teaching students the values within a bar relative to it’s time signature. Tika tika isn’t going to communicate to a student speed, or time value as well a counting the values out. So when they go to learn to read music they have to go back an count things out. Additionally, dotted figures are seemingly always rushed for similar reasons because the value isn’t clear, as opposed to 12(3)4, probably because the ah sound is not cut off and carries over into the ti sound. Anyway... doesn’t matter.
Right, that's why I advocate teaching metric counting as well, just later. I prefer they start with Kodály syllables to feel the rhythm first and then introduce metric counting so they get the concepts of position in the bar. So they're multi-lingual in the end and have a great sense of rhythm all round. :)
You have to subdivide the rhythm assuming x/4 time by eighth notes or sixteenth notes. you can do this by breath impulse the rhythm along with the syllable in what ever Rhythm Syllable System you use Kodaly, French time-names, Goron, Takadimi, Number(Triditional) Eastman...etc.
