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Orff Shulwerk Creative music and movement education What is Orff Schulwerk? Orff Schulwerk is an approach to music education. It was developed by German composer and music educator Carl Orff (1895-1982) and colleague Gunild Keetman (1904-1990). How does it work? The Orff approach integrates Speech, Singing, Movement and Instruments to teach the elements of music. Students are immersed naturally, as in language-learning, into Hearing and Imitating, then Making Music, and, later, Reading and Writing music. Techniques include Imitation (simultaneous imitating), Echo, Ostinato, Canon, Question & Answer. Instruments and scale The Orff approach uses percussion instruments specifically chosen or designed for children. Both untuned and tuned percussion instruments are utilised. Untuned percussion: tambourines, tambours, claves (rhythm/tapping sticks), woodblocks, triangles, castanets, guiros, triangles etc. Tuned percussion: xylophones, glockenspiels, metallophones etc. A distinguishing feature in Orff Shulwerk is the use of the pentatonic (5 note) scale and the utilisation of tuned instruments with detachable bars. As all notes in a pentatonic scale will harmonise, fear of making a mistake is removed and students feel more comfortable to experiment. The pentatonic scale used in We’re Orff!’ is the C pentatonic. It uses the notes C D E G A. Removing the F and B bars on the instrument will instantly create this scale. Improvisation Students explore and create from the very beginning. As they learn more skills and techniques they draw upon these to explore, create and contribute to the musical experience. Inclusion The Orff approach is inclusive and each student contributes according to ability. Orff Shulwerk begins with simple tasks and develops to more complex activities, but the contributions of all students at all levels is easily incorporated into the musical experience, giving value both to individual creativity and group work – without the restrictions of technical ability. Orff associations Australian state organisations can be found at http://www.ancos.org.au/flash_index.htm International organisations can be found at http://www.orff-schulwerk-forum-salzburg.org/ v
vi How does We’re Orff! work? The units In this resource there are 5 different units, suitable for preschool to lower primary classes. Each unit is it’s own entity and develops in its own way, in a step-by-step progression, but each unit follows the same Orff-Shulwerk Principles. Each unit will take several weeks to work through. Progress at a pace that the class is comfortable with. The activities Each unit will work through a standard set of activities, in an order appropriate to its text. The activities will vary but will be drawn from the following: Movement, Body percussion, Speech, Singing, Instruments Instrument work will utilise both untuned and tuned percussion and involve Rhythm, Melody, Ostinato, Bordun and/or Canon. Each unit concludes with suggestions for drawing on the exploration and creative work done by the students to create a performance (Putting it Together). The techniques Within each of the activities, the following techniques are used: Imitation, Exploration, Improvisation/creating Activity icons Movement Body percussion Speech Singing Instruments Untuned percussion Tuned percussion Putting it Together Audio/video support Technique icons Imitation Exploration Improvisation/creating Other icons Springboard (creative possibilities) Teacher-speak (what the teacher says) indicates accompanying CD demo/backing track indicates accompanying DVD demonstration
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