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This month I'm recommending the picture book Tuba Lessons for independent dance educator Maria Hanley to incorporate into her creative movement classes in New York City. A while back, Maria told me she was interested in trying out wordless or nearly wordless picture books in class, and I thought Tuba Lessons might be a good one to start with. After reading more about the book below, head over to Maria's blog to see how she used it with her young dancers.
Tuba Lessons, by T. C. Bartlett and Monique Felix, is the fanciful story of a young boy's adventures on his way to music class. "Now, don't dillydally in the woods, young man, or you'll be late for your tuba lesson," his mother calls out, as the boy heads out for class carrying his large golden tuba.
From this point on, the illustrations take over as the boy steps into his own little world in the woods. I'm not sure if it's a real world, an imaginary world, or a dream world, but it's a wonderful world.
In this new world, a traditional musical staff (made up of five parallel lines and the four spaces in between) is used as a walking path one minute and turns into a tree the next. As the boy plays his tuba and starts attracting some forest animals, the lines of the staff curve and bend along with the music emanating from the tuba, and different sizes and shapes of musi
1 Comments on Dance to the Beat of Your Own.....Tuba?, last added: 7/28/2011
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I always love how you summarize books. And you always see so many more details than I do. Next time I use this book, I am going to try out music note shapes. what an interesting concept. Thank you for suggesting this and giving me a challenge! :)