2017-9-18 Teaching with Takadimi

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The Rhythm Book
Takadimi short guide Takadimi is being used successfully from Kindergarten to advanced
Teaching with Takadimi college courses. At all levels some fundamental concepts apply.
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1. Sound before sight. Rhythmic concepts should be taught and
Bibliography thoroughly explored aurally and orally before notation is introduced.
What teachers are saying... Teach with lots of call and response exercises. Teacher should chant a
FAQ short rhythmic pattern, to which the student respond on takadimi.
Links [Hear call and response]
Contact 2. Play with rhythm. Learning is natural. Infants begin to learn only
moments after birth. As children grow older, they learn through play.
We should continue to learn the same way. How can we play with
rhythm? Improvise, make up call and response games, have a
takadimi conversation with someone, translate music and sounds
from our environment into takadimi syllables. These are only a few
ideas. Be inquisitive and be creative. [Hear an improvised takadimi
conversation.]

3. Multi-task. When learning to read rhythm always try to multi-

task. Conduct, walk or sway to a steady beat, tap the beat or a related
pattern--anything to involve your body in the learning process.

4. Be expressive. Speaking rhythm is a far more musical and

expressive than clapping it. Never speak rhythm in a monotone. It is
hard on the voice, and is terribly unmusical. Speak expressively, using
the patterns and contours to suggest a musical interpretation.

[Listen to a boring interpretation]

[Listen to a expressive interpretation]

5. Dont forget compound meter. Compound meter (like 6/8) is

becoming lass and less common in popular music. It is critically
important that children experience and learn to improvise in
compound meter. Children who miss out on this step may have a
difficult time learning it later as adults.

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