This is an adaption of "Musica Viva 2 - Expression rhythmique" (first published in French) and focuses on the element of rhythm within the pedagogical framework of the Active Method, based on the principles of Carl Orff.
Contents
Preface: ABCs of the Orff Pedagogy
Notes for Teachers: Rhythm
The Ontogenesis of Rhythm
Verbal Expression: Establishing Rhythm
Elaborating the Rhythm
Poetry as Rhythm
Speech Choir
Rhythmic Imitation: Single-level Imitation
Four-level Imitation
Rhythmic Canon: The Mini-Canon
The Traditional Rhythmic Canon
Question and Answer Technique: Verbal Expression
Body Percussion
Non-Pitched Percussion
Pitched Percussion
Rhythmic Rondo: Verbal Expression
Body Percussion
Non-Pitched Percussion
Pitched Percussion
Vocal Expression- Ostinato: Layering
Accompaniment to Text
Accomppaniment to Songs
Rhythmic Reading Games: Active Rhythmic Reading
Reading Music
Improving Rhythmic Skills
Rhythmic Creativity: Improvisation within a Metric Framework
Aleatoric Music
Movement: Actions and Rhythm
Chorporal Expression
Folk Dances
"Uf Dem Anger"
International Code for Movement Notation
Appendix: Instrumental Ranges
Order of Instruments on Score, Abbreviations and Symbols
Biography of Professor Wuytack ans Lists of Publications