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You are welcome to read about our system of musical play developed by Robert Markowitz.

This is Part Two - Tension and Release.

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Introduction
Part One - Beat             
Part Three - Dalcroze         Part Four - Story          Part Five - Grounding

Also . . .

12 facet music program

Robert talks about his music program.

Part Two-Tension and Release

All music involves tension and release.  On the simplest level,

 beginning a steady beat introduces some tension and ending

 it is a release.   Tension and release can also

 be expressed with tonality and rhythm.  With the best music,

 the tension is exciting or poignant and the release, satisfying.

 

The youngest children intrinsically understand tension and

 release.  It doesn't have to be explained to them. 

  When I exaggerate tension and release, children think it is

 funny.  It is also musical. 

 

The moment I introduce tension and release, we are already

 playing, whether we are singing,  using small motor skills

 (hand clapping, hand patting, hand rubbing, hand rolling,

 hand shaking, hand creeping) or using large motor skills

 (walking, marching, galloping, jumping, crawling, hiding,

 stretching, reaching).            next