Dalcroze
9.9
A way of teaching music that uses movement to teach rhythm and expression
- adjective
- Jargon
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dalcroze
- Many Dalcroze solfège exercises are accompanied by some sort of movement, usually not requiring locomotion.
Examples
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Many Dalcroze teachers have underlined the importance of improvisation in teaching.
Academic text (1997) -
In a Dalcroze class, students express musical concepts by moving in time with the rhythm.
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Since 1984, the education has been taken over by other Dalcroze educators.
Academic text (1997) -
The Dalcroze method encourages children to learn music through movement and dance.
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Through Dalcroze training, musicians can enhance their rhythmic skills by engaging their bodies.
Synonyms
9.9
Relating to a teaching method that uses movement to teach musical rhythm
is a general description of the same practice rather than its technical name
Surface Forms
Dalcroze positive
Etymology
Dalcroze comes from the name of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, a Swiss music teacher who taught 'rhythm' through 'movement'. So, when something is described as Dalcroze, it follows his idea of using the body and moving to learn music.
