Jul 31, 2013

Spinning sound shapes



- Come on kids all sitting here. Let's make a circle. -
- Maestro ... can I go to the bathroom? -
- Gabriele, but you really need? -
- Yessss .... -
- Okay, do not talk to mom out there! -
- Ok. -


- Then this circle? -
- But what kind of circle is it? -
- Yeah Elena, what kind of circle is it? ... you are all scattered ... everywhere! -
WHAT KIND OF CIRCLE IS IT? -



[five minutes later]

- Finally we did it ... What would you like to do? We take instruments or do we move? -
- INSTRUMENTS! -

[I approach the instruments back there to take someone]

- Take that! -
- What Emanuele? -
- That one that looks like a plate! -
- A circle! -
- Yeah Elena, a circle! Now I bring all circles ... welcome back Gabriele! You told to mom everything you did in school today? -

- Here are the circles ... one by one ... on the ground ... who touches it!?! -
- LOST IT! -
- Who touches it!?! -
- LOST IT! -
- Who loses it!?! -
- DON'T PLAY! -
- Wow we get it! -

- We make them turn? Maestra Emanuela ... can you play music on the piano so I turn my circle on the ground and block it when you finish? Watch me get on my knees so runs better. -
- Certainly Maestro Ugo! -

[music]

- Mmmm Maestro ... beautiful ... you can work on the inhibition, listening, rhythmic precision, the fact that the children ... -
- Yes, Maestra Emanuela ... it's a spinnig top! -

- Okay, let's do that! -


With Musica è Gioco 1a class in Rome (2013) - Scuola Popolare di Musica Donna Olimpia