Audio Library Volume I “Pulsation & Locomotion”
by Françoise Lombard
VOLUME 2: beat, subdivision and multiple
VOLUME 3: “Basic Rhythms”
VOLUME 4: contrasts
VOLUME 5: natural movements
VOLUME 6: phrasing
VOLUME 7: simple meter
VOLUME 8: compound meter
VOLUME 9: unequal beats
VOLUME 10: “one more step”
VOLUME 1 : pulsation & locomotion
This volume includes ten musical pieces mostly focused on the theme of locomotion. Through walking, running, skipping, slow walking, dance steps etc., the pulsation, which is the basis of music, is incarnated in the body. The pulsation (beat), in the body, results in steps. From pulsation to measure, and then to phrasing, VOLUME I brings together these musical notions intimately linked to each other, which give life and meaning to the musical discourse.
1. Walk
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Interpretation notes
TRACK 1 EDUCATIONAL CONTENT from the guide
This music has a regular pulsation which lends itself to walking: walking following the pulsation = one step for each sound. What is the style of this music? What type of landscape are we in? Walk in rhythm in the landscape that we imagine (the desert?) And stop sometimes (teacher’s signal in connection with the musical phrases), to mime an activity, always in the same tempo as the music; then return to walking. Walk and change direction when you hear the beginning of a new phrase.This music has a regular pulsation which lends itself to walking: walking following the pulsation = one step for each sound. What is the style of this music? What type of landscape are we in? Walk in rhythm in the landscape that we imagine (the desert?) And stop sometimes (teacher’s signal in connection with the musical phrases), to mime an activity, always in the same tempo as the music; then return to walking. Walk and change direction when you hear the beginning of a new phrase.
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Course notes
Track 1 : walk
This music has a regular pulsation which lends itself to walking: walking following the pulsation = one step for each sound. What is the style of this music? What type of landscape are we in? Walk in rhythm in the landscape that we imagine (the desert?) And stop sometimes (teacher’s signal in connection with the musical phrases), to mime an activity, always in the same tempo as the music; then return to walking. Walk and change direction when you hear the beginning of a new phrase.
VOLUME 1 : pulsation & locomotion
This volume includes ten musical pieces mostly focused on the theme of locomotion. Through walking, running, skipping, slow walking, dance steps etc., the pulsation, which is the basis of music, is incarnated in the body. The pulsation (beat), in the body, results in steps. From pulsation to measure, and then to phrasing, VOLUME I brings together these musical notions intimately linked to each other, which give life and meaning to the musical discourse.
2. Melodic movement and repeated note
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Course notes
Track 1 : walk
This music has a regular pulsation which lends itself to walking: walking following the pulsation = one step for each sound. What is the style of this music? What type of landscape are we in? Walk in rhythm in the landscape that we imagine (the desert?) And stop sometimes (teacher’s signal in connection with the musical phrases), to mime an activity, always in the same tempo as the music; then return to walking. Walk and change direction when you hear the beginning of a new phrase.
VOLUME 1 : pulsation & locomotion
This volume includes ten musical pieces mostly focused on the theme of locomotion. Through walking, running, skipping, slow walking, dance steps etc., the pulsation, which is the basis of music, is incarnated in the body. The pulsation (beat), in the body, results in steps. From pulsation to measure, and then to phrasing, VOLUME I brings together these musical notions intimately linked to each other, which give life and meaning to the musical discourse.
3. 1 voice, two voices, many voices
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Course notes
Track 1 : walk
This music has a regular pulsation which lends itself to walking: walking following the pulsation = one step for each sound. What is the style of this music? What type of landscape are we in? Walk in rhythm in the landscape that we imagine (the desert?) And stop sometimes (teacher’s signal in connection with the musical phrases), to mime an activity, always in the same tempo as the music; then return to walking. Walk and change direction when you hear the beginning of a new phrase.
This material is intended to promote the learning of music through body movement, but it does not constitute a professional « music and movement » training. Therefore, its use does not authorise one to use the title of Dalcroze teacher. However, the experimentation of the Library could inspire and motivate a person to pursue a more advanced training of Jaques-Dalcroze Eurhythmics, with the option of obtaining, after several years of study, professional recognition.
