Timothy Adorno

Profesor coppola
Paper outline/assignment 7

I may ask some questions and make some claims, which may be; what is Dalcroze
eurhythmics, how can it be applied to classical guitar performance practice, how can it help a
performer reach a higher level of musicality as well as aid in the quality of their performances?
The questions asked will be answered and some may generate claims that will then be
supported. The questions can be answered by first explaining briefly who Dalcroze is and then
his methods, which will then be applied to performance and what their benefits are.
A discussion of whom Jean Dalcroze is, where and when did his practices come from,
what are its principles, practices, how it can help musicians with performance and composition.
What is special about its principals that might make this a successful method of musical
practice? Why are Eurhythmics (movement), solfge, and improvisation? How do the core arts
and practices of eurhythmics make a musician not only a better performer but composer but
educator as well? Many of the methods that will be applied to classical guitar repertoire will be
introduced in discussion about what Eurhythmics is.
The discussion of the two pieces of music from the classical guitar repertoire and what will be
the challenges that are in front of the performer in terms of rhythm, meter, melody, phrasing,
dynamics, and articulation. Methods, exercises and other practices from eurhythmics will be
specifically linked to the pieces highlighting all the aforementioned challenges and a way to
eternalize and understand the music through listening, movement, and speech. There will be

brief but strategically relevant music analysis, for example how agogic phrasing or a difficult
rhythmic motive in a certain passage might be stepped out or spoken and that particular
passage will be referred to.

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