Essential Music Knowledge for Aerobics Instructors

Aerobics coach is a profession that is gradually integrating into everyone's vision. Aerobics is not only a sport that can exercise the body, but its rhythm must also be integrated into music. Therefore, for an aerobics coach, some music knowledge must also be mastered. Therefore, below I will give a detailed introduction to some essential music knowledge for aerobics coaches to all those who want to be aerobics coaches.

Melody is tune. This is the main means of creating musical images and is most likely to attract people's attention. The melody is directional, and its direction is mainly determined by the pitch of the notes. The direction of the melody is mainly divided into: ascending - the notes proceed from low to high, and vice versa; surround melody, which repeats up and down with a note or a certain pitch range as the axis, or cycles repeatedly within a certain area; parallel - the notes proceed at the same height; wavy - a melody line that progresses from low to high and then from high to low.

In music, pitches are arranged from low to high, and these notes are divided into different areas. The bass area sounds deep and rich, the middle area is soft and warm, and the treble area is bright and gorgeous. Therefore, the progression of the melody produces different contrasts, forming a rich and colorful ups and downs from low to bright, from fast to slow, and from weak to strong. We can refer to the style, ups and downs, and development conditions provided by the melody to choose the movement style, intensity changes, and movement connections.

2. Syntactic Sound

Music is like language; the melody and other elements must be organized and have clear syntax. It arises from the laws of people's lives and conversations. Musical phrases are composed of bars. Generally, two bars make up a musical phrase, and two bars make up a musical phrase. The phrases are divided into the front phrase and the back phrase, and the front and back phrases add up to eight bars. The previous and subsequent phrases form a musical phrase.

Phrases and passages are important in music, and they often form a musical image. Most music is symmetrical, and aerobics should also be symmetrical and complete with eight beats. We must match the exercises with the syntax of music, and avoid destroying the syntax of music and forming an inharmonious relationship.

3. Rhythm and beat

The concept of rhythm refers to the organizational relationship of time length. The rhythm of music gives music vitality and power. The beat refers to the combination of strong and weak beats of sound. The basic beat combinations include single beat, double beat, and triple beat. Other beat combinations are evolved from several beats and are called mixed beats or compound beats. For example: Four beats is composed of two beats.

Certain rhythmic patterns and beats are associated with certain genres, for example, disco music used for aerobics often uses single beat, while marches often use double beat. The rhythm of aerobics movements must follow the rhythm of the music, especially the treatment of the beat. For example, the moment the foot touches the ground is the moment when the beat appears.

4. Harmony

Musical harmony refers to the combination of three or more notes according to a certain pattern. Different harmonic structures and harmonic sound effects play a contrasting role in music in terms of light and dark, thick and thin. The stability and instability created by harmonious mixed sounds and disharmony harmonic groups push the music forward from within.

5. Mode and Tonality

A mode is a more representative series of notes summarized from the different pitches used in the melody and harmony of a musical work. These notes are interconnected and tend towards a certain center. The most important note in the mode is called the tonality. Mode and tonality often change and transform in music. This change, conversion and contrast is one of the important means to express the atmosphere, mood and image changes of music.

6. Curve

The musical form is the structural form of music, which includes one-part, two-part and other forms. We need to understand the general principles: ① Theme, that is, a relatively complete musical structure with clear characteristics that serves as the basis for the development of the music. ② The climax of the music provides reference conditions for the intensity arrangement of aerobics, especially creating conditions for completing difficult movements and difficult techniques in aerobics and reaching the climax of the whole set of movements.

VII. Transition and Connection

The phrases and passages of most music are symmetrical, but some music has connecting or transitional parts, which are generally symmetrical, but sometimes there will be some asymmetry or special treatments. In order to make the movements complete with the rhythm of the music, you can do some breathing and adjust the movements in these parts. If the coach really feels it is difficult to handle, he can also do simple footwork and focus on verbally giving requirements and explaining the movements.

8. Other Means of Musical Expression

In addition to the above-mentioned monetization methods, music can also rely on other monetization methods to enhance the monetization form of music. Such as: changes in speed, changes in intensity, changes in pitch range, changes in playing form, changes in expression methods, contrast, etc. The above-mentioned means of expression have a very clear impact on the image and artistic conception of the musical works and are extremely effective means of development.

After the above introduction, I believe everyone has a preliminary understanding of the music knowledge that aerobics coaches must have. Indeed, the above explanations are just relatively superficial music common sense. If you want to become an aerobics coach, it is best to listen to one or two lectures on music common sense. This will be of great help for aerobics coaches to choose appropriate music.