Body percussion and blues. A neuromotor approach through BAPNE method

Abstract

The blues is a musical genre originating in African-American communities that over time became one of the most important influences of popular music in the United States. Its didactic application in various educational contexts allows for many pedagogical uses, which is why the BAPNE method structures and teaches it in a novel way through Neuromotricity. Throughout the years, the learning process of blues and jazz music has been based mostly on imitation with the objective of acquiring knowledge and skills for its correct execution. In this publication we creatively propose activities structured in a specific way to ensure the learning process through sequences that focus on the independence of the lower and upper limbs and the voice. For this reason, we offer in this article specific pedagogical resources to understand and work on the basics of this musical genre with multiple activities created from the 12-bar blues form based on coordination, dissociation and laterality processes among many other aspects. Keywords: BAPNE method, Blues, Dual task, Bodypercussion, Creativity, Neuromotricity.