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Comment #2927

2013-07-11T02:03:39Z

My school didn't have pianos in the classrooms. I don't know if we sang in class, but there were optional choral groups, starting in grade 4, I think.

Comment #2926

2013-07-09T16:03:23Z

And I'm glad you confirmed my memory of a piano in nearly every room. With at least two readers who remember my elementary school days, writing about those times is a bit risky. :)

Comment #2925

2013-07-09T14:54:51Z

I lived in Iowa in the thirties, and was in the lower grades where music was a regular subject and included singing using syllables(fa,sol,la)BY SIGHT. It wasn't easy but you learned a lot. (Depression days, no music lessons.)Even in early 50s most classrooms had a piano that was used regularly. We seemed to use a "Golden Books of Songs" everywhere I lived, old Stephen Foster songs and other classics. We sang many verses, not just the first. We even had to learn several verses of Christmas carols in 7th grade. I'm glad I lived in that era.