Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Vocal Mimicry and Rhythm.

I've been trying to teach rhythm to a student.  What finally seemed to work was having the student sing the tune with words before attempting to play.  I was telling my husband about my success when he showed me an article about Snowball. Seems that vocal mimicry and rhythm are neurally connected.  Now if I can somehow apply this to my cello playing :)

1 comment:

PiccPete said...

Suggest make sure kids don't tap feet. It is a guaranteed way to mess up playing rhythmically.