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Exploring 3/4 with Purcell’s Minuet in D Minor

Arthur Simoes
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Created November 21, 2025 | Added December 7, 2025

Guide students from embodied rhythm to musical analysis with movement improvisation, canons, coordination challenges, and an exploration of Purcell’s Minuet in D Minor.

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This lesson doesn’t contain any type of pair/small group work, but I would make a point to guide students into always being aware of the group, of the other students around them, and how they are interacting with each other within the shared space. This could be a good way to work with a new group of students who don’t know each other, to help them familiarize themselves with the group without having to work together right away.

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Arthur Simoes

Arthur Simoes is a Brazilian pianist, composer, and educator whose eclectic music blends jazz, classical, video game influences, and his Brazilian heritage. A prizewinner of the 29th European Music Competition “Città di Moncalieri,” he has performed widely across Europe, Latin America, and the United States, and regularly leads lectures, workshops, and master classes internationally. Passionate about music learning, he currently teaches Dalcroze eurhythmics at the New England Conservatory (Boston) and has served on the faculties of Haute École de Musique and the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Geneva) alongside guest teaching at major institutions and events worldwide. He also maintains a thriving piano studio in which his lessons integrate elements from Dalcroze eurhythmics and the Taubman Approach. Arthur holds a diploma with concentrations in jazz composition and performance from Berklee College of Music, a bachelor’s in piano and a master’s in music pedagogy from the Haute École de Musique de Genève, and a Diplôme Supérieur of the Dalcroze method.

Exploring 3/4 with Purcell’s Minuet in D Minor
Arthur Simoes, Author

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  • Resource ID
    6888
  • Original Date
    November 21, 2025
  • Date Added
    December 7, 2025

About

  • Category
  • Age
    7 and up
  • Dalcroze Branch
    Eurhythmics
  • Dalcroze Teaching Techniques
    Association, Canon, Dissociation, Follow, Inhibition & Incitation / Excitation, Plastique Animée, Quick Reaction
  • Music Topics
    Beat–Division–Multiple, Canon / Round, Form & Structure, Movement & Contextual Activities, Rhythm & Meter
  • Movement Topics
    Choreography, March, Run

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Arthur Simoes

Arthur Simoes is a Brazilian pianist, composer, and educator whose eclectic music blends jazz, classical, video game influences, and his Brazilian heritage. A prizewinner of the 29th European Music Competition “Città di Moncalieri,” he has performed widely across Europe, Latin America, and the United States, and regularly l…
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