The audio library is made up of musical improvisations focused on various elements that make up the language of music. This educational material was created at the request of music teachers who took part in Dalcroze eurhythmics lessons; it is aimed at anyone who teaches music, regardless of his/her training. It was designed with the aim of promoting the learning of music and the overall development of children and adults by associating body movement with music. This association is more than a simple “I move with the music”; it engages the primordial vehicle of the human being which enables all learning: the body. It is through the body - and bodily movement - that the human being feels, understands, integrates and best appropriates his or her learning. 


The musical pieces offer a range of possibilities, from the simplest to the most complex; each of them is accompanied by teaching proposals adapted to the level of the pupils and to the size of the space available for body movement. These pieces are sometimes - but not always - grouped by theme (one per volume) and may present a progression in the level of difficulty.


To give meaning to this material, the teacher must first make it his/her own by listening to the piece of choice several times to memorize the unfolding of the music, in order to guide his/her pupils in an adequate manner. Then, he or she could read the text accompanying this piece and imagine the teaching process; or even design his/her own developments. He/she will need to adapt the ideas of the teaching guide or to invent new ones, to create preparatory exercises for the use of a piece, according to his/her teaching conditions.

The audio library is also aimed at professional students in Dalcroze Eurhythmics and anyone interested in the development of spontaneous musical creation. All the pieces can stimulate their imagination and accompany them on the path of improvisation. Being able to serve as examples to be explored in their own approach, these improvisations constitute a didactic resource for future rhythmics teachers. However, it is important to remember that this library should not be a substitute for their own musical creativity. Without excluding the contribution of recorded musical repertoire, the singularity of Dalcrozian pedagogy lies in the ability of teachers to create instantly the music best suited to stimulate or accompany body movement and present the musical elements under study. The Dalcrozian eurhythmics teacher improvises: he creates in the present moment, he takes risks and adapts to the immediate conditions in a spontaneity that these recordings cannot replace. However, I hope that this first edition will spark interest in the practice of improvisation and give as many people as possible access to the pleasure of learning music with their whole body.

Other volumes of the audio library will be released in the coming months; one of them consists of advanced-level pieces (volume X), intended for students pursuing Dalcroze professional training, for their personal practice of rhythm.