AbstractThe purpose of this action research is to develop the pupils’ music reading skills
through a Kodály-based approach. The pupils were facing difficulties in reading
music notations, which is acquired in current Year 4 music curriculum of Kurikulum
Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR). This study was conducted in a government
Chinese primary school in Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 32 pupils from Year 4 were
selected to participate in the research. The Year 4 music curriculum from KSSR was
used with the adaptation of Kodály based-approach in this study. Concurrently,
singing activities using solfege, Chinese children folk songs, games, and colored
notations were applied in developing the pupils’ music reading skills. This action
research was based on the model by Zuber-Skerritt where the cycle of plan, act,
observe and reflect were used in the main cycles followed by the refined cycles. A
total of 8 main cycles and 19 refined cycles were used. Video recordings, pupils’
writt.....