What do fish, turtles, ducks, and pigs have in common? The answer: they all have starring roles in my latest song, Animal Rock. I’ve already written about my new favorite instruments and how they inspired me to write this tune, but there are lots of other objectives that can be targeted at the same time.
Animals fly
Animals walk
Animals run
And animals rock
They move to the music
Rock, rock, rockinā around
All the fish are splashinā
Splash! Splash! Splash!
All the turtles are crawlinā
Crawl! Crawl! Crawl!
All the ducks are quackinā
Quack! Quack! Quack!
All the pigs are oinkinā
Oink! Oink! Oink!
CHORUS
Just a few of those objectives include sound and movement imitation, taking turns, vocalization, creative expression…the list goes on. One of the coolest parts of being a music therapist is developing interventions that address several different goals at a time. It’s no coincidence that so many of us are master multitaskers!
Hi Rachel, I just discovered your website and I am so impressed and inspired. Beautiful job! I’m looking forward to following your posts. :) Anne
Hi Anne! I’m so glad you came across my site and are enjoying it so far! Thanks for reading, and all the best to you :)