Here's an excellent book for strengthening rhythmic reading skills, creatively incorporating reading rhythms with the music of the masters. Students play their respective percussion instruments along with the basic piano piece OR with the enhanced recorded accompaniment to achieve the dual goal of learning rhythms and the music of great composers. Parts are included for bells, triangle, tambourine, sticks, wood block, claves, castanets, drums, and cymbals. The Teacher's Handbook features full scores of the music as well as reproducible student rhythm parts, rhythm keys and practice exercises. Recommended for grades 2--7.
Rhythm Made Easy takes rhythm and turns it into simple, digestible clapping exercises that can be executed by anyone looking to learn how to count rhythm. Each exercise builds on the last, and Ross the Music Teacher has a video example for each and every exercise, totaling 100! Isolate rhythm and master it, so that you can count flawlessly on your instrument.
Music is Everywhere! Edward's Rhythm Sticks is a story that shows how much music is a part of our lives. This story illustrates just how fun music can be and how even the simplest things can be made into instruments. This story is a great way for parents and teachers alike to teach rhythm, pattern and sequence. Most of all, parents and teachers can use this engaging interactive eBook to bridge learning, music, literacy and having fun together.
On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter. The little girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her- from butterflies, to street performers, to ice cream sellers everything is musical! She sniffs, snaps, and shakes her way into the heart of the beat, finally busting out in an impromptu dance, which all the kids join in on! Award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison and Connie Schofield-Morrison, capture the beat of the street, to create a rollicking read that will get any kid in the mood to boogie.
From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them. The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual journey, and teach him that the gifts we get from music mirror those from life, and every movement, phrase, and chord has its own meaning...All you have to do is find the song inside. “The best book on music (and its connection to the mystic laws of life) that I've ever read. I learned so much on every level.”—Multiple Grammy Award–winning saxophonist Michael Brecker
1 - 2 Let's All Play is an engaging and user-friendly collection of music and movement activities designed for educators, facilitators, parents and anyone working with children. The accessible step-by-step activities in this book present strategies designed to enhance rhythmic skills, creativity and self-expression in children. It is our hope that this book will inspire those working with young children to rekindle their own sense of wonder and creativity while exploring the exciting world of music and movement. Mary Knysh is a professional musician, recording artist, and international author. Mary is an Orff Schulwerk clinician and teaching artist for the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, Young Audiences of NJ, and New York BOCES. She is endorsed by Rhythm Band Instruments and Remo corporations. Mary travels throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia offering drum circle facilitator trainings, performances, and workshops. Learn more at www.rhythmicconnections.com. Lulu Leathley is a Village Music Circle Endorsed Facilitator, the recipient of three Hawaii Mentorships for Arthur Hull, the coordinator of three Facilitator Training Playshops in Canada, and the founder of Lulu Jam. Lulu builds on her experiences with children, welderlies, special populations, and corporate groups to introduce the wonders of rhythm for bringing people together. Learn more at www.lulujam.com. Praise for 1 - 2 Let's All Play: "What appears on the surface to be a children's rhythm game book, is, in actuality, a powerful tool that, when utilized, not only teaches young kids rhythmical and musical abilities and appreciation, but implants foundational experiences in children that will enhance their personal relationship abilities and self-esteem for the rest of their lives. Being befriended and mentored over the years by both Lulu Leathley and Mary Knysh--each of them powerhouses of community rhythmical caregiving in their own right--I expect any book that they publish would be a wonderful addition to our mission of community rhythmical empowerment. In particular, the collaborative effort that they have put into 1 - 2 Let's All Play has created an extraordinarily "keep it simple" way to guide a group of children into the depths and bliss of interactive rhythmical expression. In this book, 1 - 2 Let's All Play, Lulu and Mary have made rhythmical evangelism for children so easy, that even parents can do it. Share your spirit with 1 - 2 Let's All Play." --Arthur Hull, Rhythm Facilitation pioneer, motivational trainer, founder of Village Music Circles, and author of Drum Circle Facilitation and Drum Circle Spirit
Most classical musicians, whether in orchestral or ensemble situations, will have to face a piece by composers such as Ligeti, Messiaen, Varèse or Xenakis, while improvisers face music influenced by Dave Holland, Steve Coleman, Aka Moon, Weather Report, Irakere or elements from the Balkans, India, Africa or Cuba. Rafael Reina argues that today’s music demands a new approach to rhythmical training, a training that will provide musicians with the necessary tools to face, with accuracy, more varied and complex rhythmical concepts, while keeping the emotional content. Reina uses the architecture of the South Indian Karnatic rhythmical system to enhance and radically change the teaching of rhythmical solfege at a higher education level and demonstrates how this learning can influence the creation and interpretation of complex contemporary classical and jazz music. The book is designed for classical and jazz performers as well as creators, be they composers or improvisers, and is a clear and complete guide that will enable future solfege teachers and students to use these techniques and their methodology to greatly improve their rhythmical skills. An accompanying website of audio examples helps to explain each technique. For examples of composed and improvised pieces by students who have studied this book, as well as concerts by highly acclaimed karnatic musicians, please copy this link to your browser: http://www.contemporary-music-through-non-western-techniques.com/pages/1587-video-recordings
How do children learn music? And how can music teachers help children to become independent and self-sufficient musical thinkers? Author Eric Bluestine sheds light on these issues in music education.
