Music for Character Essence Exploration

Sheridan Posey · 2019-07-18T17:13:31.191Z

Hello! I'm sharing the music tracks I used in the character essence exploration exercises at the 2019 T2PDI, as well as a few additional tracks for further essence exploration. These are tracks I've used with grades 5-12th and they've worked really well. All of these tracks are available on Apple Music. I've also included YouTube links for each track. Physical warm-up/stretching music: "Umayeyo" by Mickey Hart & Planet Drum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjtKIMka8c Note: I use many tracks in class from the album "Supralingua" by Mickey Hart & Planet Drum for general warm-ups and exploration of Rudolph Laban's action efforts. Great album for movement! Element of Nature exploration: Fire - "Summer's Gone" by The New Relaxation Ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BB5eveMBh8 Animal exploration: Cat - "Meow" by Party Favor & Zooly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brut30uwEoA Man-made object exploration: Vacuum Cleaner - any vacuum cleaner sound effect will do! Here's one on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSgFoZokpk Additional tracks: Elements of Nature: Ocean - "Blue Angel" by The New Relaxation Ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1762kQmaLtg Darkness - "Any Other Name" by Thomas Newman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqUwDI_bV-U Animals (any non-human living creature): Primate/Monkey - "We Will Rock You" by Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdIVPs8gZ8 Bee - "The Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TIHBa17bTk Bird - "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JlDnT2l8 For man-made objects, I typically search for specific sound effects, white noise, etc. For alarm clock, I might play a couple of different styles and see what they discover in their physical exploration. Here are a couple of alarm clock sounds that you can play on loop. However, I don't let these explorations go on for very long. Classic alarm clock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqyWPfGfbg Digital alarm clock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P74QOttOIw8 I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks, Sheridan Posey

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