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The
Orff method was designed by the composer Carl Orff specifically to teach music to children in a way that is organic, natural,
engaging and cooperative. The child learns music through actually playing music, much as she or he learns a first language.
The approach is based on things that children naturally do, such as singing, clapping and dancing to the beat of music
or chants. Classes take place in a non competitive atmosphere wherein children play and arrange music together.
A set of Orff instruments has been devised specifically to facilitate the music learning process and the method has
become well known for the instruments, but they are just one part of the process. The Orff approach uses singing of simple,
familiar and original songs, rhyming, moving to music and playing both pitched (Orff) and unpitched (rhythm) instruments as
the foundation for learning. Arrangement and improvisation are both integral parts of the process.
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