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"True art is an expression of the human being's search for a relationship with the spiritual, whether the spiritual longed for when his soul leaves the body, or the spiritual which he desires to remember when he dips down into a body, or the spiritual to which he feels more related than to his natural surroundings, or the spiritual as manifested in colors when outside and inside lose their separateness and the soul moves through the cosmos, freely, swimming and hovering, as it were, experiencing its own cosmic life, existing everywhere; or ... the spiritual as expressed in earth life, in the relationship between man's soul-spirit and the cosmic ... " - Rudolf Steiner

The element of melody guides the musical element  from the realm of feeling up to that of thinking. You do not  find what is contained in thinking in the thematic melody,  but the theme does contain the element that reaches up into  the same realm where mental images are otherwise formed.  Melody contains something akin to mental images, but it is  not a mental image; it clearly takes its course in the life of  feeling. . .. The significance of the element of melody in  human nature is that it makes the head of the human being  accessible to feelings. Otherwise, the head is only open to the  concept. Through melody the head becomes open to feeling,  to actual feeling. It is as if you brought the heart into the  head through melody. In the melody you become free, as you  normally are in thinking; feeling becomes serene and  purified. All outer aspects are eliminated from it, but at the  same time it remains feeling through and through. - Rudolf Steiner in The Inner Nature of Music and  the Experience of Tone

And just as man experiences the inherent nature of music, so the forms of his body are shaped out of music itself.  Therefore, if the teacher wishes to be a good music teacher he will make a point of taking singing with the children from the  very beginning of their school life. This must be done; he must understand as an actual fact that singing induces emancipation; for the astral body has previously sung and has brought forth the forms of the human body. Between the change of teeth and puberty, the astral body frees itself; becomes emancipated. And out of the very essence of music emerges that  which forms man and makes him an independent being. No wonder then that the music teacher who understands these things, who knows that man is permeated through and through with music, will quite naturally allow this knowledge to enrich the singing lesson and his teaching of instrumental music. This is why we try not only to introduce singing as early as possible into the education of the child, but also to let those children with sufficient aptitude learn to play a musical instrument so that they have the possibility of actually learning  to grasp and enter into the musical element which lives in their human form, as it emancipates and frees itself.  - Rudolf Steiner in Human Values in Education

Course WC/ART

Singing

Lesson 7

Course Outline

Singing
Lesson 1 - Traditional Songs Part 1
Lesson 2
- Traditional Songs Part 2
Lesson 3 - Children's Songs
Lesson 4 - Seasonal Songs Part 1
Lesson 5 - Seasonal Songs Part 2
Lesson 6 - Pentatonic Songs
​Lesson 7 - Lullabies


Introduction

Music is an essential part of the Waldorf curriculum and permeates the school day from kindergarten through eighth grade. Music not only enlivens the spirit but increases a child's capacity for learning. Through the study of music, we learn to sensitize our hearing, allowing us to better listen to the sounds of the world and to each other. In the earliest years (kindergarten through first grade), the children sing primarily pentatonic melodies without harmony. In grade one, the interval flute and pentatonic flute are introduced and in second grade we add the pentatonic harp. Beginning in grade three, the students learn a more mindful approach to music, in keeping with their developing self-consciousness. In this grade, we move on to the diatonic flute and sing rounds and write music. The Waldorf music teacher takes a primary interest in each child's musical development but other adults also contribute to and support these efforts. The class teacher plays a vital role either by singing with the class and/or by playing recorder with them. The relationship each student develops with his or her private teacher is an important one, while parents help by supporting concentrated and regular practice times at home. Music is an important element of the Waldorf curriculum. According to Rudolf Steiner, the human being is a musical being, and the making of music is essential in experiencing what it is to be fully human. Music in the Waldorf curriculum awakens and nurtures the deep inner life of the child. As the main lesson curriculum follows the very specific stages of child development, so also does the music curriculum. Engaging the soul activities of thinking, feeling, and willing in the child, the study and experience of the various elements in music arouse and cultivate the very forces necessary to be able to meet the challenges of the world with enthusiasm and confidence. The music program in each Waldorf school reflects the specific skills, talents, and interests of the class teachers and of the music faculty. The size and configuration of the school building, the number of students, and the funding available also play a role. In every school, however, is the realization that music is necessary and essential to the entire Waldorf school experience.

Tasks and Assignments Singing Lesson 7

1. Watch videos or listen to audio files, and/or study music sheets. See some examples given below. Use resources as needed and wanted.
2. Practice singing for a minimum of 5 days singing 5 or more songs several times each day.

3. Record one session each day. Each recording should include 5 or more songs. Submit 5 recordings of 5 or more songs at the end of the 5 days.

Please submit files of completed art project(s), comments and questions via the online form or via email.

    Submission Form Singing Lesson 7

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Lullabies

The collection below includes lullabies from around the world.

As you listen to and learn the songs included in this collection, and as you ponder the meaning of the songs, you might experience how unbelievable touching these images are that we sing about when we sing these songs to our children or to ourselves in order to practice them.

These songs do create a bridge for the child to travel upon on their way to sleep, on their way to the spiritual world which we all visit every night during sleep. We may find the image of going to sleep in a golden bed of clouds, a troll mother singing for her troll babies, mothers carrying their children in their arms and the angels standing by. Then we will also find our friends the animals nearby. We are closely connected to the world of the animals and the young child particularly so: pigs in their styes, cows in the clover, ponies galloping about, birds drinking from a well. These images are meant to give such a feeling of trust in the beauty and goodness of the world.

Hopefully the songs will bring you much joy and be an important resource in your work as a teacher, caregiver or as a parent.

Thula, Thula

thula_thula.pdf
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Yuna No Ki No Shitade

yuna_no_ki_no_shitade.pdf
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Lô-enn-à-kua

lo-enn-a-kua.pdf
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Still, still still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will

still_still_still.pdf
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Moederke alleen

moederke_alleen.pdf
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Sov mit barn sov længe

sov_mit_barn.pdf
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Rock-a-bye-baby

rock-a-bye-baby.pdf
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Veere veere päeva kene

veere_veere.pdf
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Nuku, Nuku, Nurmilintu

nuku_nuku.pdf
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Dans la Forêt

dans_la_foret.pdf
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Éiníní

einini.pdf
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Dormi dormi

dormi_dormi.pdf
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Tikke, takke, tonen

tikke_takke_tonen.pdf
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Cântec de leagān

cantec_de_leagan.pdf
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Pajarito que cantas

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Trollmors vaggsång

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All through the night

all_through_the_night.pdf
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All the Pretty Little Horses

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Ho, ho watanay

ho_ho_watanay.pdf
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Tutu Marambà

tutu.pdf
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