eurhythmic
- adjective
- /ˌjʊəˈrɪðmɪk/
- Specialized
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eurítmico
- Crumpler (1982) found that instruction for first-grade students that used Dalcroze eurhythmic lessons increased student performance in the melodic aspects of register and melodic contour discrimination.
Examples
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Both teacher and student set up a duplemeter eurhythmic response: pat (knees), clap, pat, clap (see figure 3).
Academic text (1997) -
Beyond the benefit of eurhythmic activity, the Jaques-Dalcroze method facilitates the perception, performance, and notation of rhythm by identifying five essential patterns derived from the ancient Greek rhythmic modes.
Academic text (1994) -
In Dalcroze eurhythmic classes, students express musical rhythms through movement and dance.
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The eurhythmic exercises helped the children understand the timing of the music better.
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During the lesson, the teacher demonstrated how to use eurhythmic movements to teach musical expression.
Synonyms
Relating to teaching musical rhythm by moving the body
A way of teaching music that uses movement to teach rhythm and expression
Surface Forms
Morphology
eurhythmic = eurhythm (semi-transparent) = eu + rhythm + ic
Formed regularly from 'eurhythm' + '-ic', but this sense refers specifically to the Dalcroze teaching method and thus requires cultural/disciplinary knowledge.
Etymology
Eurhythmic also names the teaching approach eurhythmics, which teaches musical rhythm by using movement. Because eu- means 'good' and rhythm is 'beat', eurhythmic activities help students feel musical timing through their bodies.
