This post is intended to give a review of the recent release of the revised version of The First Class Albums, Ballet Music for Class by Don Caron.If you are not yet acquainted with this material, the previous versions of The First Class Albums were successful across the globe and at various times during the past twenty-five years or so, were among the most popular ballet class albums, a position the albums have also achieved on numerous digital music sites since that time, including CDBaby, Amazon and iTunes.
Lately, all of the albums of The First Class Album series were re-released after a complete re-mastering for digital medium and the addition of more material to produce full-length compact discs. They were originally released on vinyl records, and as you most likely know, vinyl records were limited to around thirty-two minutes per side, while compact discs will hold around seventy-six minutes.
Every albums contains a complete ballet class, and both the barre and center sections now include many of the exercises in several tempos. This is handy as the different tempos make the exercises useful for other ballet exercises and not just the ones they're written for.
Likely, the most fascinating aspect of these releases is they stand aside from any other ballet class music album now available due to the fact that they follow a system of ballet class music production called the Motosonus Method.
This strategy was created following a series of ad hoc studies at Eastern Washington University in the early 1980s. The purpose of the studies was to find out if certain elements of music could be used to enhance the productivity of ballet instruction and thereby also speed up the learning process on the part of dancers.
Unsurprisingly, it appears the manipulation of phrasing, beat placement, and other piano playing techniques can have a major impact on the movements of the dancers, and the utilization of the methods on these albums can make a noticeable difference in your teaching.
Lately, all of the albums of The First Class Album series were re-released after a complete re-mastering for digital medium and the addition of more material to produce full-length compact discs. They were originally released on vinyl records, and as you most likely know, vinyl records were limited to around thirty-two minutes per side, while compact discs will hold around seventy-six minutes.
Every albums contains a complete ballet class, and both the barre and center sections now include many of the exercises in several tempos. This is handy as the different tempos make the exercises useful for other ballet exercises and not just the ones they're written for.
Likely, the most fascinating aspect of these releases is they stand aside from any other ballet class music album now available due to the fact that they follow a system of ballet class music production called the Motosonus Method.
This strategy was created following a series of ad hoc studies at Eastern Washington University in the early 1980s. The purpose of the studies was to find out if certain elements of music could be used to enhance the productivity of ballet instruction and thereby also speed up the learning process on the part of dancers.
Unsurprisingly, it appears the manipulation of phrasing, beat placement, and other piano playing techniques can have a major impact on the movements of the dancers, and the utilization of the methods on these albums can make a noticeable difference in your teaching.
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This essay is presented courtesy of Gaylord Pannitron. For more information about the Motosonus Method, examples can be found here: ballet class music, on a website for ballet class teachers and pianists. The First Class Albums mentioned in this post can be found in Amazon's ballet class music catalogue.
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