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Bach
Think Outside the
Engage Students with these Exciting Tools . . .
Clinton Pratt, NCTM
Think Outside the Bach Engage Students with these Exciting Tools . - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Think Outside the Bach Engage Students with these Exciting Tools . . . Clinton Pratt, NCTM Dalcroze Eurhythmics Improvisation Creative Recital Programming Fusing Art & Music Games & Activities Dalcroze Eurhythmics An experiential
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An experiential way of knowing music through the body
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
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= “good flow” Careful balance of SKILL LEVEL and CHALLENGE Flow = Optimal state of awareness, focus, concentration
Rhythmic games Songs Gesture Movement Quick reaction Echo
Pulse Rhythm Meter Phrasing Form Dynamics Harmony Ensemble
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
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Hearing to Moving Moving to Feeling Feeling to Sensing Sensing to Analyzing Analyzing to Reading Reading to Writing Writing to Improvising Improvising to Performing
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
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Besides musical skills:
- Intellectual
- problem solving
- transferring knowledge
- Social/Behavioral
- partners to large groups
- nonverbal communications
- social interaction
- Emotional (Joy!)
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
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Meaningful Movement
A Music Teacher’s Guide to Dalcroze Eurhythmics Marla Butke & David Frego
American Eurhythmics Society
aes.wildapricot.org
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
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Improvisation
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Improvisation
You already do it!
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Improvisation
Just play music! Like speech and language: Read and write later!
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Improvisation
How?
Together!
- Less intimidating
- Rich musical environment
Right & Wrong
- experiment/explore
- “that’s interesting!”
Parameters
- 1 note
- Just black keys
- Copy my rhythm
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Improvisation
Parameters
- 1 note
- Just black keys
- Copy my rhythm
- Familiar rhythms
London Bridge is falling down Skip, Skip, Skip to my lou Peas porridge in the pot, nine days old
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Improvisation
Black keys
(Click to watch video)
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Improvisation
*1 2 3 4 5 * 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 *1 2 3 4 5 * 1 2 3 4 5
Black keys
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Improvisation
Accompaniment options for black keys improv E♭m G♭ B♭m D♭ G♭ E♭m C♭ D♭ G♭ C♭ B♭m E♭m A♭m D♭7 G♭
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Improvisation
Blues Accompaniment: 12-bar blues E♭ or G♭
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Improvisation
White Keys Dorian Dm G Lydian F Em Dm Mixolydian G C Dm Am
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Improvisation
Whole Tone Accompaniment: Augmented Chords & Dominant 7ths Japanese Accompaniment: Am Em Dm F (any order/combination)
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Improvisation
To teach concepts or theory
& c
Flute
œ œ œ b œ & œ œ œ b œ & œ b œ b œ b œ
improvise . . . . improvise . . . . improvise . . . . continue until you come back to C
“Robot 7ths”
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Improvisation
To teach concepts or theory “Dueling 5ths”
& ? c c
Piano
w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w & ? w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w
continue . . . continue . ..
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Creative Recital Programming
Themes
- Seasonal
- Night at the Movies
- Around the World
- Colors
- Duets and Trios
- 1-handed solos!
- Food Inspired (w/snacks!)
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Creative Recital Programming
Themes
Wendy Stevens www.composecreate.com
(Click to download)
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Creative Recital Programming
Categories
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Creative Recital Programming
Audience Involvement
- Guess the composer or era
- Comment/Compliment cards
- Vote
- Best ending, Most expressive,Most sentimental,Widest
variety
- Ask questions before or after each performance
- Where’s the melody? How many sections? Watch for the
difficult hand-crossings. What’s the mood?
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Creative Recital Programming
Multimedia
- Photos
- Videos
- Graphics
- Art
- Movement & Dancing
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Fusing Art & Music
Photos Videos Graphics Art Movement & Dancing
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Fusing Art & Music
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Fusing Art & Music
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Fusing Art & Music
What does the music LOOK like?
colors motion p e
- p
l e ? animals? p l a c e s ?
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Fusing Art & Music
fast or slow? loud or quiet? high or low?
What would this scene SOUND like?
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Fusing Art & Music
Catherine Rollin — Museum Masterpieces
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Fusing Art & Music
Catherine Rollin — Museum Masterpieces
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Fusing Art & Music
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Fusing Art & Music
Music Alive! (Click to watch video)
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Joy Morin www.colorinmypiano.com
Games & Activities
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Games & Activities
Dice (key signatures) Rory’s Story Cubes
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Games & Activities
Rhythm Board
(Click to view product)
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Games & Activities
Space Place Rhythm Riot
(Click to go to site)
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Games & Activities
Magic word = “GAME” Say “We’re going to play a game!” Students get excited and focus! Examples:
- See how fast you can find these notes . .
- Try to play this 3 times in a row
- Make me guess where the climax is
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