Carl orff is a world-famous German composer and music educator. He created a unique music teaching method called "orff instruments". Can be divided into non-fixed pitch instruments and fixed pitch instruments.
In Orff's teaching, piano, violin and other musical instruments are generally not used, but exquisite percussion instruments are used. Orff instruments can be divided into two types: those with fixed pitch that can play melody and those without fixed pitch that can play rhythm.
In music education, we also emphasize the content of hands-on participation-making musical instruments. By making musical instruments by hand, let children begin to understand the pronunciation principle, musical instrument structure principle and so on. Among all kinds of musical instruments, percussion instruments are the easiest to do, such as cans, sand in paper cups as scattered sounds, and wine lids can also be strung together as string bells.
Characteristics of Orff percussion instruments:
1. Orff percussion instrument is pure, clear, bright and has high discrimination, which is suitable for expressing the melody and rhythm of music.
2. Orff percussion instruments can cultivate children's sense of music and rhythm, so that children can better understand and feel music.
3. Orff percussion instruments can form various complex rhythms and melodies through different combinations and playing skills in the learning process, which can be used to express different emotions.
4. Orff percussion instruments are very simple to make and use. Even in primary school, children can quickly master playing skills.
Orff percussion instruments can help children learn to play and cultivate their cooperative spirit and team consciousness.
Orff percussion instruments are widely used, not only in classroom teaching, but also in various concert performances and performance activities.