Carl Orff: Music For Children - Volume 2 Major: Drone Based Triads Book

Carl Orff & Gunild Keetman

Music For Children - Volume 2 Major: Drone Based Triads 📚

English Version 

For Voice, Recorder & Percussion

Music for Children - Volume 2 Major: Drone Based Triads" by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman is a renowned resource for music education. Carl Orff dedicated his life to developing a philosophy of "Music for Children," which emphasises the natural connection between music, speech, rhythm, and movement. His influential work has transformed music and dance education globally and continues to inspire educators worldwide.

Originally published in German between 1950 and 1954, the "Music for Children" series consists of five volumes. Since then, it has been translated into multiple languages and adapted for various countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and many others. This English version, with adaptations by Margaret Murray, caters specifically to the needs of English-speaking teachers and students.

Orff-Schulwerk, as it is commonly known, has revitalised music education in nurseries, primary and secondary schools, and special music schools. Its fundamental principles highlight the interconnectedness of music, dance, and language through rhythm. Children are encouraged to discover, invent, improvise, and compose, fostering a deeper engagement with music. The approach values active participation, both vocally and instrumentally, allowing all students to contribute and express themselves.

The Orff approach encompasses practical music-making, movement games, body awareness exercises, improvisation, and dance forms. It recognises the varied historical notations and sources of music and explores different ways of writing and interpreting music. Teachers trained in Orff-Schulwerk undergo artistic and pedagogical training at the renowned Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria.

"Music for Children - Volume 2 Major: Drone Based Triads" provides a comprehensive foundation for musical training and offers stimulating materials for music teaching. It encourages creativity, active participation, and the integration of music, dance, and speech as expressive mediums. Carl Orff's quote, "I have done my part, now do yours," serves as a call to action for teachers to embrace the Orff-Schulwerk approach and inspire their students in the realm of music and beyond.

This Book Includes: speech and rhythmic exercises, nursery rhymes, songs, instrumental pieces and melodic exercises using only the five note scale, with instructions and notes.

Contents:

• With Six Notes: Sleep, baby, sleep
• Seven little instrumental pieces
• Cradle song "Hush ye my bairnie"
• Twelve little ostinato pieces
• Ostinati for glockenspiel
• Dance, lassie do
• Mary, Helen, Caroline
• Two pieces for dancing
• A farmer went trotting
• Bear dance
• Fabian, Sebastian
• With Seven Notes: Simple Simon, Ten little ostinato pieces
• Three blind mice
• Two early English poems: O my deir hert
• Gratitude
• Three pieces for glockenspiel
• Dormi Jesu, mater ridet
• Proverbs and sayings
• O hush thee, my babie
• Night
• Three pieces for recorders
• Five fools in a barrow
• Fools' dance
• The Tonic And Supertonic Triads: Girls and boys come out to play
• I saw three ships come sailing by
• Sumer is icumen in
• Instrumental piece
• Four little pieces for dancing
• Ostinati
• King Herod and the cock
• Two instrumental pieces
• The Tonic And Submediant Triads: Song for Good Friday
• 3 pieces for recorder and percussion
• Ostinati for glockenspiel
• Gloria

• Music For Children Volume 1 Pentatonic
• Music For Children Volume 2 Major Drone
  
• Music For Children Volume 3 Major Dominant 
  
• Music For Children Volume 4 Minor Drone
  
• Music For Children Volume 5 Minor Dominant
  
• The Orff Anthology 
• The Keys of Orff/Schulwerk Rediscovered