Strategy Share: Music!

Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Gordon Music Learning Theory,

Active ListeningPresented By:

Braden McCloskey, Betsy Pratt, & Suzi Spiese

Strategy #1: Dalcroze Eurhythmics

o Émile Jaques-Dalcrozeo Eurhythmics: means “good

rhythm” in Greeko Kinesthetic learningo Gross and fine motor skillso Concepts: rhythm, structure,

musical expression

HAVE FUN!

Don’t be these guys

What Did We Just Learn?!

Dalcroze Eurhythmics

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General Music Dalcroze Eurhythmics

Happy from Despicable Me 2– Pharrell Williams

O Structure• “chorus”: recurring

melody; normally repetitive; considered the “subject”

• “verse”: variant wording provides the “plot builder” or “storyline”

O Phrasing• “phrase”: a succession

of notes forming a distinctive sequence

“The Butterfly”—Celtic Woman

O Meter• “triple” meter:

basic metrical pattern of three beats in a measure

• “duple” meter: two (or a multiple of two) beats in a measure

Best Day of My Life—American Authors

O Structure• “call and response”: a

form of interaction between musicians, in which the first phrase elicits direct commentary from the second phrase

O Rests• “rest”: a musical notation

indicating silence of a specified duration

Strategy #2: Gordon Learning

Theoryo Edwin E. Gordono Known unknowno Whole- Part- Wholeo Learning Sequence

• Aural/Oral• Verbal Association• Partial Synthesis• Symbolic Association• Composite Synthesis

o Audiation

Recorder Basics– How do you even hold

this thing?

Aural/Oral

Tonal Patterns (Neutral Syllables)–

Such as “Loo” or “La” (But hopefully not “wahh”)

Verbal Association

Rhythmic Patterns—Micro/Macro Beats

Verbal Association

Tonal Patterns (Solfege)—

As in “Do a deer, a female deer…”

DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO

Partial Synthesis

Identify Rhythm Patterns

Partial Synthesis

Identify Tonal Patterns

Put It Together & Let’s Read Some Music!

—Rhythm & Tonal Patterns

Hot Cross Buns

Symbolic AssociationComposite Synthesis