Audio Library Volume I “Pulsation & Locomotion”

by Françoise Lombard

THE PEDAGOGICAL GUIDE is included with the purchase of the volume.
It contains explanations and suggestions for the pedagogical development of each musical track.

TRACK 1 EDUCATIONAL CONTENT from the guide

This music has a regular pulsation which lends itself to walking: walking following the pulsation = one step for each sound. What is the style of this music? What type of landscape are we in? Walk in rhythm in the landscape that we imagine (the desert?) And stop sometimes (teacher’s signal in connection with the musical phrases), to mime an activity, always in the same tempo as the music; then return to walking. Walk and change direction when you hear the beginning of a new phrase.This music has a regular pulsation which lends itself to walking: walking following the pulsation = one step for each sound. What is the style of this music? What type of landscape are we in? Walk in rhythm in the landscape that we imagine (the desert?) And stop sometimes (teacher’s signal in connection with the musical phrases), to mime an activity, always in the same tempo as the music; then return to walking. Walk and change direction when you hear the beginning of a new phrase.

This material is intended to promote the learning of music through body movement, but it does not constitute a professional “music and movement” training. Therefore, its use does not authorise one to use the title of Dalcroze teacher. However, the experimentation of the Library could inspire and motivate a person to pursue a more advanced training of Jaques-Dalcroze Eurhythmics, with the option of obtaining, after several years of study, professional recognition.

Improvisations : Françoise Lombard 
© Les Éditions Adragante, Canada

Recording : Michel Comeau, Northmount Studio, Montreal

Mastering : TrueSound Louis Morneau

Cover photos : David Tucker    © ICDS

Cover photos : Michel Comeau    © Dalcroze Canada

Cover graphic design : Michel Comeau

The Audio Library is made up of musical improvisations focused on various elements that make up the language of music. This educational material was created at the request of music teachers who took part in Dalcroze eurhythmics lessons; it is aimed at anyone who teaches music, regardless of his/her training. It was designed with the aim of promoting the learning of music and the overall development of children and adults by associating body movement with music. This association is more than a simple “I move with the music”; it engages the primordial vehicle of the human being which enables all learning: the body. It is through the body – and bodily movement – that the human being feels, understands, integrates and best appropriates his or her learning. 

The musical pieces offer a range of possibilities, from the simplest to the most complex; each of them is accompanied by teaching proposals adapted to the level of the pupils and to the size of the space available for body movement. These pieces are sometimes – but not always – grouped by theme (one per volume) and may present a progression in the level of difficulty.

The Audio Library is also aimed at professional students in Dalcroze eurhythmics and anyone interested in the development of spontaneous musical creation. All the pieces can stimulate their imagination and accompany them on the path of improvisation. Being able to serve as examples to be explored in their own approach, these improvisations constitute a didactic resource for future rhythmics teachers.