As a music student, did you practice diligently as an
individual,
but panic the first time you had to play in an
ensemble?
As a teacher, do you have trouble getting your students
to play in an ensemble?
This should help you.
Folk songs are arranged in:
--handbell fashion (each player playing one note)
--Paul Rolland method (one player on melody, other
player on chord roots)
--tabletop duets (or "crab canons," as Bach called
it)
--ostinato (or "vamp," as they...(+)
As a music student, did you practice diligently as an
individual,
but panic the first time you had to play in an
ensemble?
As a teacher, do you have trouble getting your students
to play in an ensemble?
This should help you.
Folk songs are arranged in:
--handbell fashion (each player playing one note)
--Paul Rolland method (one player on melody, other
player on chord roots)
--tabletop duets (or "crab canons," as Bach called
it)
--ostinato (or "vamp," as they call it in popular
music)
--canons (unless you prefer the word "rounds")
--quodlibet (or "partner songs," as they call it in the
music classroom)
