Anybody ever used Eurythmics technique in their classes? I was trained in this when I did ballet, and remember doing it as young as 5 when I first started my ballet training. I used to love it and tried using it in my classes but found a lot of people struggled. Of course, I modified it from what I learned, and tried to keep it really simple.
It was used to develop concentration and rapid physical reaction, time is shown by movements of the arms, and time duration, i.e., note values, by movements of the feet and body. In ballet class we had to do this with our feet at first and the time duration became longer and longer.
In a typical exercise, the teacher plays one or two bars of music or drum pattern, which the student then executes while the next bars are played; thus, the student listens to a new rhythm while executing one already heard, an exercise requiring and at the same time developing concentration.
I swear it is this training that enabled me to execute drum solos easily, which I love, and also my ability to improvise well. Anyone else done it and found it useful?
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0817911.html
It was used to develop concentration and rapid physical reaction, time is shown by movements of the arms, and time duration, i.e., note values, by movements of the feet and body. In ballet class we had to do this with our feet at first and the time duration became longer and longer.
In a typical exercise, the teacher plays one or two bars of music or drum pattern, which the student then executes while the next bars are played; thus, the student listens to a new rhythm while executing one already heard, an exercise requiring and at the same time developing concentration.
I swear it is this training that enabled me to execute drum solos easily, which I love, and also my ability to improvise well. Anyone else done it and found it useful?
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0817911.html
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