Science & art of body percussion: a review

The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of Body Percussion from all areas, focusing on existing academic literature and the contribution of different authors. Existing ethnographic publications are reviewed, as are the links with traditional dances, musical pedagogy, neuroscientific aspects, handclapping songs, use in shows, the sound properties of body percussion and, most importantly, the main authors who have systematically structured and build the foundations of body percussion in a coherent manner and with new contributions.

Body Percussion and Team Building through the BAPNE Method

BAPNE Method is a method based on cognitive stimulation integrating music and movement through body percussion. The aim of this research is to explore its whole potential as a tool to build teams. Team building is a philosophy for work design, and since over two decades ago, it defends that obtaining a high performance and organizing efficiency is more useful to perceive employees as interdependent members in a team of work than individuals ones. From this viewpoint, this research advocates that BAPNE Method’s body percussion practice will have an impact on this vision of team work directly. For its own characteristics, body percussion stimulates ways of contact in movement, which ease social ties and, especially, promote group cohesion. Through social, body and, affective dimension; BAPNE Method is capable of developing a shared vision and a single aim, to stimulate team work identity and an atmosphere of trust; and finally, to improve individual communication and satisfaction levels in group tasks.

Conclusiones de la mesa número 10

En el presente documento se ofrecen las conclusiones de la mesa de comunicaciones número 10, presentadas a las XII Jornadas de Redes de Investigación en Docencia Universitaria, y defendidas el Jueves, día 3 de julio de 2014, de 17.30 h. a 20.00 h. en el aula A2/D04 de la Universidad de Alicante. Se presentaron las comunicaciones que a continuación se indican, que fueron defendidas por alguno o todos sus autores, según los casos. - 390836 La supervisión educativa en Trabajo Social: un estudio comparado entre distintas universidades. - 390872 Estratos de comprensión y conciencia de error en la traducción de textos especializados en el aula. - 391588 La simulación de juicios en la asignatura de Derecho Procesal III: algunas propuestas metodológicas. - 391970 Innovar con criterios de calidad sobre metodologías docentes: Una aplicación a asignaturas de Economía. - 392107 Docencia universitaria a través de la investigación en el aula: proceso de formación ambiental. - 392121 Voice and movement in circle with body percussion. Facilitation in learning observed in voice BAPNE® method and in circlesongs teaching. - 392827 “Crecemos en democracia”: un proyecto de aprendizaje y difusión con los archivos.

Music and movement: A comparative study between the BAPNE and Suzuki Methods

The aim of this article is to compare the Suzuki and BAPNE methods based on bibliography published for both approaches. In the field of musical and instrumental education and especially for the childhood stage, the correct use of the body and voice are of fundamental importance. These two methods differ from one another; one principally musical and instrumental, which is the Suzuki method, and one non-musical, the BAPNE method, which aims at stimulating attention, concentration, memory and the executing function of the pupil through music and body percussion. Comparing different approaches may provide teachers with a useful insight for facing different issues related to their discipline.