Week 11: Orff, Kodaly, & Dalcroze Lessons

(Orff)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeYmknXJ9nk

(Kodaly)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjNCpaAoO0w

(Dalcroze)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZlVgTtwE4


First of all, my favorite lesson among the three is the Dalcroze lesson. I love the way the teacher makes the lesson super fun by having the students act like wolves. They looked like they really enjoyed it! All of these lessons are completely different, yet they all have the same main focus, which is to help children better understand music by breaking it down into these three teaching styles. The students in the first video demonstrating Orff's approach, used music sticks to interact and make rhythmic sounds. The second video using Kodaly's approach, involved the students in many ways. First using the hand signals and continuing on to play different games, but still involving the Kodaly method. The third video using Dalcroze's approach, involves the students by reading notes two different ways. By saying the beats, but then barking like wolves. The children were all interacting well and knew what they were doing! The ways that these teachers used each method, kept the students interested and alert.