Children need a lot of movement activity to fulfill their rhythmic potential. Movement and dance promote and nurture the following:
* Beat competency - the ability to keep a steady beat to music that is generated from an outside source
* Discrimination between music that moves in duple and triple meters (2/4 and 3/4)
* Instrumental readiness - it is often helpful, though not necessary, to have children walk, skip, or hop before attempting to make related sounds on a drum or rhythm sticks
* The ability to recognize a specific rhythm pattern - children often need to clap or tap a rhythm such as "du-de du," before they can recognize that pattern aurally
Source: National Musikgarten
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