Prepared teaching models focused on 15 musical pieces from the Orff-Schulwerk demonstrate how children between the ages of four and ten can discover a fun-packed approach to music.Clear musical texts, additional audio examples and numerous PDFs provide aids for preparation and music-making. Video sequences illustrate how the individual parts are played and how they sound together.The free app “Play Orff” is also made available, permitting both children and adults to make music, create arrangements and compose in digital form.

Foreword - Introduction: Orff-Schulwerk – Musik for Children - Prepared teaching models: Ding, Dong, digidigidong - Rhythmic Rondo - Everyone is playing fine - Sleep Baby, sleep - Tall Tales - Gassenhauer - Rundadinella - Malagueña / Behold a Bridge - Dance Song - Catalan Christmas Dance - Ecstatic Dance - Further suggestions for lessons: Canon – simple - Canon – advanced - Allegro - Appendix: Materials and copy templates - Index of Audio examples - Contents of DVD