Pathfinders continued talking about Hildegard of Bingen, and also the development of musical notation. In the early Middle Ages, music was passed on from generation to generation orally. But, as the number of musical compositions grew, and the pieces got more complicated, the need for written notation arose. The kids agreed that it would be pretty hard to memorize 3,000 songs this year.
The class worked in groups, composing a melody and accompaniment for a Bible verse. Each group had 3 or 4 hand chimes to work with. The songs all sounded pretty good, each group had a different technique for composing and for recording the notes(they weren't allowed to use our modern musical staff).
Manchester, NH based fine arts program for homeschool students
