Ear Training for the Body A Dancer's Guide to Music

by Teck, Katherine

• ISBN13: 9780871271921
• ISBN10: 0871271923
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Princeton Book Company

Summary

An approach to music from the dancer's viewpoint, this book offers a two-part exploration of music as it relates to dance, beginning with an introduction to aspects of musicality that dancersand other music loverscan explore and put into practice immediately.

Author Biography

Katherine Teck is the author of Movement to Music: Musicians in the Dance Studio and Music for the Dance: Reflections on a Collaborative Art.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
PART One: MUSICALITY IN THE DANCER'S ART	1	(68)
Practicing Musicality in Class	3	(9)
Body Percussion and Mouth Music	12	(14)
Instrumental Percussion Patterns	26	(15)
Muscle Memory and Music	41	(12)
Choreography: A Collaborative Effort	53	(16)
PART Two: A MOVEMENT-ORIENTED APPROACH TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC	69	(194)
Sounds and Silences	71	(9)
Dynamics: The Loud and Soft of Music	80	(17)
Duration or Timing in Music	97	(25)
Rhythmic Patterns	122	(28)
Pitch, Scales, and Melody	150	(18)
Harmony	168	(14)
Texture	182	(15)
Timbre, Instruments, and Score Reading	197	(23)
Form and Compositional Procedures	220	(43)
Conclusion Onstage with Something New!	243	(20)
APPENDIXES	263
Appendix 1 Suggested Listening and Viewing	265
Appendix 2 Sources of Information on Contemporary Music	272
Appendix 3 Workshops in Choreographic Collaboration	274
Appendix 4 Composers of Interest to Dancers	275
Glossary of Musical Terms	281
Notes	295
Bibliography	307
Index	317