Musical Approaches Advantages/Disadvantages of Orff‚ Kodaly‚ & Dalcroze There are many thoughts and theories behind the methods used to teach music. Three methods used by educators in teaching music are: the Orff approach‚ the Kodaly approach‚ and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. All three share the belief that music is essential to the total education of the child. Essentially‚ each approach strives to broaden the musical horizons of students as they have meaningful experiences with and about music
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Carter Argument Essay Aubrie Cox 17 October 2012 To Play or Not to Play It seems that no matter what at some point in a child’s life they wander up to their parents and ask‚ “Mom‚ Dad‚ can I learn to play an instrument?” Whether or not it is the guitar‚ drums‚ piano‚ or flute a child could possibly have the thought of wanting to learn how to play an instrument. When Mom and Dad end up saying no to their child they should stop and realize that when a child knows how to play a musical instrument it
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Usually I only enjoy realistic musicals that contain scenes based on truth and reality. Recently I came across the musical cats and even though it goes against everything I agree a great musical is. Cats are one of the most creative and enjoyable musicals I’ve seen. I even believe that musicals are deeper then what it appears to be . This essay will contain what the musical cats was about‚ and my personal opinion about it. The cats in the musical weren’t just normal everyday cats. They were special
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being bow harps up to 2 metres with 19 strings. Vertical harps known as lyre harps were created in ancient Greece and coincided with the creation of the mathematical musical scale where Pythagoras discovered numerical ratios corresponding to intervals of the musical scale. During the Roman times the use of the harp and musical instruments in general declined and did not reappear for many years. The triangle harp seems to have been developed in Europe and incorporated a vertical pillar to
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This semester I have experience many live musical performances. Some of these performances have let me down but for the most part‚ these performances have been everything I ever expected. My two favorite performances this semester were Festival Vallenato and Ultra Music Festival. Although these two types of music are different in every way possible‚ the people and the performers are exactly where I feel I am in the right place. Both of these events were held in Bayfront Park. This is a very famous
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The Musical Canon The musical canon put simply‚ is a form of disciplining music. As Augustine once suggested “Music is the art of measuring well”. “The canon is a list of composers or works that are assigned value and greatness by consensus” 1 However‚ the canon will always call into question the nature of its exclusions and which composers make it in and which composers do not. “The Canon‚ promotes proper decorum‚ and ensures proper conduct”2 Authors such as Adorno and Horkheimer‚ members of
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A Research Paper Comparing Academic Achievement to Musical Education Chesapeake College Abstract Purpose The purpose of this research paper is to find evidence to support the theory that connects academic success to musical education. The hypothesis for this research is that students with musical education will be recognized for outstanding academic achievement more than the general student body. This paper will prove the hypothesis by quoting studies done on IQ‚ academic
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What is Musical theatre and what makes it different than any other theatre with music forms‚ especially Opera? Musical Theatre The art of music‚ dance and drama have been linked together since the dawn of time and are still really connected with one another that it is inadvisable to try to tell the difference between them too definitely. Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 It is rare a production has no music in it whatsoever. Most plays either call
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breaking numbers. All of these statistics describe the iconic Hamilton: The Musical. Lin Manuel-Miranda is the genius behind this musical. Miranda wrote the script‚ and he composed the music and lyrics of this hit show. The music of Hamilton has a hip-hop and R&B soul feel. Based solely on the life of Alexander Hamilton‚ the founding father‚ the show describes his life from birth to death focusing on his years of success. Musicals take the audience on a journey through lyrical messages and instrumental
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bottomless sea‚ devoid of any boundaries. Every single musical instrument‚ right from the African djembe to the Indonesian gamelan angklung‚ and the Arabic shababa to the Indian sitar‚ is a testament to the fact that music is a universal language having multiple dialects. The tongue twisters that some of these musical instrument names are‚ it took me a while just to get their names right! Anyway‚ the sheer magnitude of the different musical instruments that I was exposed to‚ from all over the world
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