Kodály-based musicianship courses are practice-oriented and place a strong emphasis on the acquisition of musical skills related to the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and the development of music analytical skills. Musical skills that are developed include the following: expressive singing, active music listening, sense of rhythm, metre and form, melodic hearing (modal, tonal, atonal context), polyphonic skills and harmonic hearing, writing, reading, musical memory, generative musical skills (improvisation, composition), score reading and transposition (vocal and instrumental). The practical work is characterised by a great demand for high artistic standards during the study and final performance of the material. It is essential that the acquired knowledge and skills are all transferred into practical music making carried out with personal artistic responsibility. The assigned material is generally acquired through a series of activities aiming at developing student’s musical hearing abilities, mainly singing and/or piano playing. Besides the practical work and the development of musical skills in a complex and intensive way, the study programme of the musicianship classes focuses on the development of analytical skills, both aurally and in written format. The musical material selected for the musicianship classes include master works of classical music literature and a selection of compositions written for pedagogical purposes, especially Kodály’s two and three-part singing exercises. Students develop their own practical musicianship skills needed for high quality music teaching: stylistic understanding, melodic, polyphonic, harmonic and analytical hearing, musical imagination, singing in tune, improvisation, music reading and writing skills. Students practice their musicianship skills through singing, moving, sing and play, performing different kinds of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic activities in different musical styles and genres (classical, folk, popular, jazz etc.). Techniques used in Kodály music teaching are actively learned: relative solmisation, hand signs and rhythm language.