Dalcroze Warm-Up: Swing in Compound Meter

Bend your knees. Good. Take it for a walk. And adjust as you need to. If my music is smaller, you can adjust. And if you can, see if you can acknowledge people around the space. Try to look for three people you haven't met before. I know you. You haven't even met me. Good. And now as you move, look around the space. See if you can notice three different shapes. Okay. So as we're moving this swing, the idea is that we are really feeling into the ground and that our arms are moving not this direction, but side to side. You are moving side to side this way. See what this feels like to move forward. Just for a moment. Try on your own. What does that feel like to move forward? And can you make it work? Can you make one arm and one leg go together? Does it feel okay to you? Maybe it does. And maybe it feels so awkward that we can't do it at all. Yeah. Good. Go back to your side to side. And relax. Great.