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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

  1. Think Outside the Bach Engage Students with these Exciting Tools . . . Clinton Pratt, NCTM

  2. Dalcroze Eurhythmics Improvisation Creative Recital Programming Fusing Art & Music Games & Activities

  3. Dalcroze Eurhythmics An experiential way of knowing music through the body

  4. Dalcroze Eurhythmics = “good flow” Careful balance of SKILL LEVEL and CHALLENGE Flow = Optimal state of awareness, focus, concentration Rhythmic games Songs Gesture Movement Quick reaction Pulse Echo Rhythm Meter Phrasing Form Dynamics Harmony Ensemble

  5. Dalcroze Eurhythmics Hearing to Moving Moving to Feeling Feeling to Sensing Sensing to Analyzing Analyzing to Reading Reading to Writing Writing to Improvising Improvising to Performing

  6. Dalcroze Eurhythmics Besides musical skills: • Intellectual • problem solving • transferring knowledge • Social/Behavioral • partners to large groups • nonverbal communications • social interaction • Emotional (Joy!)

  7. Dalcroze Eurhythmics Meaningful Movement A Music Teacher’s Guide to Dalcroze Eurhythmics Marla Butke & David Frego American Eurhythmics Society aes.wildapricot.org

  8. Improvisation

  9. Improvisation You already do it!

  10. Improvisation Just play music! Like speech and language: Read and write later!

  11. Improvisation How? Together! • Less intimidating • Rich musical environment Right & Wrong • experiment/explore • “that’s interesting!” Parameters • 1 note • Just black keys • Copy my rhythm

  12. 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

  13. Improvisation Black keys (Click to watch video)

  14. Improvisation Black keys *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

  15. 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 ♭

  16. Improvisation Blues Accompaniment: 12-bar blues E ♭ or G♭

  17. Improvisation White Keys Dorian Dm G Am Lydian F Em Dm Mixolydian G C Dm

  18. Improvisation Whole Tone Accompaniment: Augmented Chords & Dominant 7ths Japanese Accompaniment: Am Em Dm F (any order/combination)

  19. Improvisation To teach concepts or theory “Robot 7 ths ” œ œ œ & c b    œ Flute improvise . . . . œ œ œ b    & œ improvise . . . . b œ œ    b œ & œ b improvise . . . . continue until you come back to C

  20. Improvisation To teach concepts or theory “Dueling 5ths” w c  w & w w w w w w w w w continue . . . Piano w w ? w c w  w w w w  w & w w w w w w w w w w continue . .. w ?  w

  21. Creative Recital Programming Themes • Seasonal • Duets and Trios • Night at the Movies • 1-handed solos! • Around the World • Food Inspired (w/snacks!) • Colors

  22. Creative Recital Programming Themes Wendy Stevens (Click to download) www.composecreate.com

  23. Creative Recital Programming Categories

  24. 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 di ffi cult hand-crossings. What’s the mood?

  25. Creative Recital Programming Multimedia • Photos • Videos • Graphics • Art • Movement & Dancing

  26. Fusing Art & Music Photos Videos Graphics Art Movement & Dancing

  27. Fusing Art & Music

  28. Fusing Art & Music

  29. Fusing Art & Music What does the music LOOK like? ? colors motion p e o p l e ? p l a c animals? e s ?

  30. Fusing Art & Music What would this scene SOUND like? fast or slow? loud or quiet? high or low?

  31. Fusing Art & Music Catherine Rollin — Museum Masterpieces

  32. Fusing Art & Music Catherine Rollin — Museum Masterpieces

  33. Fusing Art & Music

  34. Fusing Art & Music Music Alive! (Click to watch video)

  35. Games & Activities Joy Morin www.colorinmypiano.com

  36. Games & Activities Dice (key signatures) Rory’s Story Cubes

  37. Games & Activities Rhythm Board (Click to view product)

  38. Games & Activities (Click to go to site) Space Place Rhythm Riot

  39. 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

  40. Dalcroze Eurhythmics Improvisation Creative Recital Programming ? Fusing Art & Music Games & Activities www.pianosensei.com/workshops cj@pianosensei.com

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