23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

R I T M O S B A S E S P A R A E L D E S A R R O L L O N O
V E R B A L A L V E R B A L
R UTH FRIDMAN
Proto-rhythms are a line of investigations based on the
sonorous vocal expressions of infants, and its relations
to the first cry. I taped and studied them through musical
symbols. The model for this study, is the cry of the first
six minutes of a new-born baby. At that time, I did not
have access to electronic devices, therefore there can
be certain acoustics omissions that for the objetives of
this work they are not determinant.
Nobody teaches a baby to cry. The vocal sonorousrhythmic
expressions of an infant are not a product of
his mind, they are part of his biological inheritance. It is
posible, that, because they have been considered
obvious and spontaneous, nobody has taken account of
796
the rhythm those emissions conform. However, in the
first cry, the word and the musical manifestation come
forth, having both of them a common origin: intonated
proto-rhythms.
Los proto-ritmos es una línea de investigación basada
en la expresión sonoro-rítmica del llanto de un recién
nacido. Grabé, descodifiqué a través de signos
musicales su expresión vocal. Al no tener acceso a
medios mecánicos deben existir ciertas emisiones
acústicas que para los objetivos de este trabajo no son
en modo alguno determinantes.
Nadie enseña a un bebe a llorar. Las expresiones
vocales sonoro-rítmicas de un infante no son producto
del pensamiento, son parte de su herencia biológica. Es
probable que por habérselas considerado tan obvias y
espontáneas no se reparó en el ritmo que conforman