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Rhythm: One on One, Dalcroze Activities in the Private Music Lesson.(Book Review)
Rhythm: One on One, Dalcroze Activities in the Private Music Lesson, by Julia Schnebly-Black and Stephen Moore. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., Ste. 100, RO. Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410), 2004. 148 pp. $19.95.
Rhythm: One on One is a treasure trove of movement games that will solve virtually any problem a student might encounter when studying an instrument. It will be a welcome addition to your library if you believe, as I do, that moving to music at each lesson is most important for developing a student's musicianship.
The authors, experts in Dalcroze Eurhythmics and co-authors of The Rhythm Inside, acquaint teachers in this book with Dalcroze techniques and demonstrate how to apply movement activities with individual students in studios with limited space.
The authors emphasize that we play instruments with our whole bodies and after music is experienced away from the piano--its essence, flow and impulse--then technique will follow because of awareness of the musical goal.
Chapter Two demonstrates ways props, such as drums, sticks, triangles, balls, a trampoline, hoops, bells and scarves, can be used to intensify rhythmic feeling. My favorite is the wooden grand staff made of dowels and uprights that students physically grasp to learn note names.
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