It's All In Your Head
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For the last two weeks we have focused a little on audiation - or the ability to hear the music (tonally and rhythmically) in your head.
A person must be able to hear the sounds, or pitches, as well as the rhythm of the song in their head first before they can sing or play it. This is a very important skill to develop. To develop the ability to audiate one must be exposed to music. The more types of music you are exposed to the easier it will be to audiate them, or think them in your head. This is why we listen to many songs in different meters and tonalities during class.
Two weeks ago we played with music starting and stopping. When the music would stop you had to keep the beat going in your head. You may have noticed children playing through those stops. They were simply keeping the beat with the instrument instead of in their head. We played along with the theme song from I Dream of Jeannie to work on this skill.
Last week we worked on tonal audiation when we sang "A Ram Sam Sam" and left out some words. You can play the same game with songs like "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes" and "BINGO."
A person must be able to hear the sounds, or pitches, as well as the rhythm of the song in their head first before they can sing or play it. This is a very important skill to develop. To develop the ability to audiate one must be exposed to music. The more types of music you are exposed to the easier it will be to audiate them, or think them in your head. This is why we listen to many songs in different meters and tonalities during class.
Two weeks ago we played with music starting and stopping. When the music would stop you had to keep the beat going in your head. You may have noticed children playing through those stops. They were simply keeping the beat with the instrument instead of in their head. We played along with the theme song from I Dream of Jeannie to work on this skill.
Last week we worked on tonal audiation when we sang "A Ram Sam Sam" and left out some words. You can play the same game with songs like "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes" and "BINGO."
