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Warm Ups

Warm Ups. Why use warm-ups ?. Change the group’s energy Bonding new groups Awakening / Developing skills Introducing ideas to be used in group work. Warm-ups should directly link to the main part of the lesson. ……..There should be a natural flow into instrumental work.

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Warm Ups

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  1. Warm Ups

  2. Why use warm-ups? • Change the group’s energy • Bonding new groups • Awakening / Developing skills • Introducing ideas to be used in group work

  3. Warm-ups should directly link to the main part of the lesson ……..There should be a natural flow into instrumental work

  4. Different warm ups serve different purposes

  5. Changing Energy or Posture Physical activities… • Stretching • Balance games • Body awareness exercises Focus activities • Focus on a sense / removal of a sense (closed eyes) • ‘Mind gym’ games (crossing hands, patting head rubbing stomach)

  6. Following the Leader Copy the leader’s… • Physical Actions • Body Percussion • Singing Activities where students lead

  7. Ensemble Development • Pass the Clap / Sound / Action around a circle • Unison activities such as playing a body percussion / singing together • The ‘human knot’ game

  8. Musical Skills • Rhythm Games • Pitch Games • Timbre Games • Dynamics Games

  9. Other Skills • Creative / Imaginative • Improvisational • Spatial awareness

  10. Shaping warm ups Am I passing the clap to…. • Develop a sense of ensemble? • Improve focus? • Achieve a musical rhythmic flow? • Change the group’s posture?

  11. Change games / create new games to meet your needs

  12. Think about using these activities mid-session to… • Focus on a skill student’s are finding difficult on instruments • Re-focus a group • Take a break from a longer exercise

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