Whenever the word rhythmic is mentioned, what come to one’s mind is songs or rhymes or maybe something that has to do with melody?
These things that our mind interprets for us about melody are things that are absolutely right, but there are however more to rhythms than just melody or songs. Do you know that rhythms could bring about different activities, those activities that rhythms bring about are called rhythmic activities.
These above mentioned rhythmic activities include: playing of drums, clapping, whistling, and stamping of one’s foot against the ground and so on.
These rhythmic activities that are performed could be categorized into different segments and they include;
(a) Fundamental Rhythm.
(b) Dancing
(c) Sing along games.
(d) Folk dance.
(e) Dramatic and creative activities that is rhythmic.
• Fundamental Rhythm: Those activities that are considered to be fundamental rhythm are simple natural activities which are just walking, running, skipping, sliding. Simple walking could either be done alone or it could be done in groups.
Marching is as well part of this fundamental rhythm because most times it is done with reactions to orders or musical instruments.
• Dancing: In our contemporary age, there are different people who have created different dancing styles and steps that occur in reaction to musical sounds and beats. The ability to move one’s body to the beat of a song makes one a creative person.
Culture however has a great impact over how a person dances; the dance step of a person’s could greatly be affected by his or her cultural background.
• Sing along games: There are different games that have now been created that people can sing and clap along with especially for school children, they are often excited by those songs as they clap their hands, dance and sing along in the rhythm of those songs. An example of those games is a game of who will be my friend usually sang by most people today.
• Dramatic and creative activities that is rhythmic: A good example of that is the popular break dance popularly done by most young people; it is a movement of young, agile and able bodies in a twisted manner to the sound of songs.
