From Library Journal
This step-by-step guide will help students understand rhythm kinetically and intellectually. Dembska, a teacher, composer, and performer, and Harkness, a pianist, teacher, and lecturer, have formulated a technique similar to the Dalcroze method that combines spoken-word compositions ("Talking Music") with hand-clapping patterns that "move through the shape of a meter" ("Slap/Clap/Tap"). The Talking Music exercises are preceded by clear, easy-to-understand music theory text. Suitable for fifth and sixth graders to adult beginners, You've Got Rhythm is one of several books from the authors' own publishing company, Flying Leap Music. They founded it "to create new music education materials [that] teach technique from a practicing musician's point of view, activating and integrating the senses, intellect, and imagination." Fresh and unique, this guide is recommended for school media centers and public libraries with music education collections. Janet Brewer, Murray State Univ., KY
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Review
"A must for every serious light-hearted music student in the new millennium." -- Don Campbell, author, "The Mozart Effect"
"One of the most valuable books a teacher could own and definitely one that every music student should have." -- The California Music Teacher, Fall, 2001
"Well done and...useful to anyone concerned about developing rhythmically literate musicians." -- American String Teacher, February, 2001
"One of the most valuable books a teacher could own and definitely one that every music student should have." -- The California Music Teacher, Fall, 2001
"Well done and...useful to anyone concerned about developing rhythmically literate musicians." -- American String Teacher, February, 2001
