Playing Together, An Introduction to Teaching Orff-Instrument Skills, for Percussion, Teacher's edition

ISMN: 979-0-60001-049-3

Orff instruments have put the joy of playing ensemble music into the hands of students in classrooms around the world. The magical sounds of these instruments are available to everyone - even without special training. However, a step-by-step approach to mallet instruments encourages instrumental facility and promotes beautiful sounds. Playing Together is the first book to offer the systematic guidance you need to help your students develop mallet skills with ease. In this book you will find a sequenced program for building instrumental technique that begins with sound effects, proceeds to playing accompaniments, and - finally - melodies. Skills are introduced in a carefully sequenced presentation of authentic and artistic musical materials: folk melodies, Renaissance music, composed pieces, and standard Orff literature. Three Orff master teachers have also provided a classroom reality check for these materials, offering suggestions to encourage skillful playing and enjoyment. While Orff training is helpful, it is not a prerequisite for classroom application of the music in this book. You can achieve success if you are able to play the recorder, respect the ranges and colors of the instruments, and acknowledge the inestimable contribution of instruments toward building musicianship in your students.

CONTENIDO:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Enjoying Sounds
Storytelling on Pitched Instruments
Exploring Instrumental Colour
2. Playing Accomapaniments
Hands Together: Octaves
Hands Together: Drones
Hands in Alternation: Octaves
Hands in Alternation: Drones
Hands Together: Moving to Adjacent Pitches (Octaves)
Hands Together: Moving to Adjacent Pitches (Fifths)
Moving Drone: Fifth Moves
Moving Drone: Tonic Moves
Dominant Shift: Drone Moves to Dominant Octave
Hand Crossing: Left Crosses, Right Stable
Hand Crossing: Right Crosses, Left Stable
3. Playing Melodies
Steps
Skips
Repeated Notes
Steps, Skips and Repeated Notes
4. Playing Two-Part Instrumental Pieces
Coda
Appendix
Sources