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- The six- or seven-year-old, still fresh from the spiritual world, is just beginning her evolution as a human being. She is “unfinished” and open to the outside environment.
- Here, music continues to be presented so that it appeals to the feeling life of the child. Music in the “mood of the fifth” is gradually replaced by more purely pentatonic melodies.
- During the third grade, most children go through the inner transformation that Rudolf Steiner called the “nine-year change.” The child incarnates more fully into the physical body, leaves the magical world of early childhood, and experiences himself as an independent being separate from the world.
- Having gone through the nine-year change, fourth graders are ready for another new set of musical experiences. If the proper preparation has been provided for part-singing and harmony, the children will now be able to sing simple rounds, canons, descants, and quodlibets (partner songs) with grace and ease.
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- The six or seven-year-old, still fresh from the spiritual world, is just beginning her evolution as a human being. She is “unfinished” and open to the outside environment.
- Here, music continues to be presented so that it appeals to the feeling life of the child. Music in the “mood of the fifth” is gradually replaced by more purely pentatonic melodies.
- During the third grade, most children go through the inner transformation that Rudolf Steiner called the “nine-year change.” The child incarnates more fully into the physical body, leaves the magical world of early childhood, and experiences himself as an independent being separate from the world.
- Having gone through the nine-year change, fourth graders are ready for another new set of musical experiences. If the proper preparation has been provided for part-singing and harmony, the children will now be able to sing simple rounds, canons, descants, and quodlibets (partner songs) with grace and ease.
Oct 5, 2023 · Waldorf teaching. 0 comments comments
Overview of the Waldorf Music Curriculum, Grades 1-8. What follows is an outline of a suggested Waldorf music curriculum, grades 1-8.*. It comes out of my own extensive study of anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner’s indications, both in child development and music, and many years of teaching experience.
To make sound judgement. To vibrate. To tune. To move about the world with wholeness. To develop and hold onto that sense that the world is good. Mr. Spade has been teaching music in Waldorf schools for the past 31 years; prior to joining Steiner, he was music director at Chicago Waldorf School and Kimberton Waldorf School.
When we consider the task of the Waldorf School in educating students in the three-fold manner most commonly described as “head, heart and hands,” we get a glimpse of how music has a direct and meaningful effect on the whole human being. In order to fully appreciate the impact of music on the three-fold being, it’s important to understand ...
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The Waldorf music classroom in the early years focuses on developing a solid musical sense. The teacher ensures that the children work their way through every aspect of music: melody, tempo, rhythm, beat, meter, melody, timbre, form, and so on. These are experienced experientially, through activity.
