Sustained and Non-sustained
(a.k.a. smooth and bumpy!)
Learning to control energy is an important skill that helps with balance,
expressive movement and coordination. When we use smooth movements to go
with connected, legato sounds, and bumpy movements to go with short, staccato
sounds, we are preparing your child to better-understand those musical
articulations.
On our blog - read 10 Reasons Why Music Belongs in Every
Child's Home (whether you are having a smooth day, or a bumpy one!).
Kindermusik @ Home:
- Log in to your
Kindermusik @ Home account, and dance
with baby!
- Then, listen to some
Bird
Voices! Most of these calls have a bumpy quality to
them. Can you and baby wiggle as the birds make their calls?
What if you paused the video between birds, and rock & sway smoothly,
like the clouds that float in the sky? Does baby prefer one movement
more than the other?
- Cue up This
Little Light of Mine, and grab a Kindermusik baby bell or
tambourine. Can you make smooth, long, connected sounds during the
intro & other choral parts? Can you make bumpy, short,
non-sustained sounds during the banjo/dancy parts? What if you add
movement to match? What is baby's reaction?
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