Music and Puppetry: Creative Aspects, Roles, and Practices

This essay delves into the creative intersection of music and puppetry, highlighting their significance in the context of education and therapy. It explores the fundamental aspects of creativity within these art forms, emphasizing the integration of visual performance and music to enhance engagement and communication. The essay examines the roles of music and puppetry, particularly for young children, emphasizing their entertainment value, ability to teach moral values, promote social interaction, and facilitate learning through songs and dance. Furthermore, it discusses pedagogical practices, such as the careful selection of music and puppet designs to convey specific messages, and the use of tone, color, and dressing to enhance the educational impact. The essay references several scholarly sources to support its arguments, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject.

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The most prominent aspects of creativity concerning the Music and puppetry
Designing is one of the prominent aspects of theatre puppetry and music genre of art. The
puppetry and music do not depend mostly on the words but on the active visual performance.
They make use of a well-structured image and sound integration. It has been confirmed that
music is one of the important when performing puppetry. Music and puppetry involve a high
level of creativity because puppet acts as if they are doing it along. They are played in such a
way they seem alive. The puppetry art is accompanied by the music which gives direction on
how the puppets will be played. It involved a high level of creativity to have the puppets play.
There are so many prominent aspects associated with music and puppetry. This involves certain
beats that accompany the play of the puppets by the artists (Brown, 2014). The artist makes the
puppets in such a way that they represent a certain creature or living thing. Some time times
puppets look as if they are alive depending on the level of the creativity applied when
constructing them. The way composing music needs a lot of the skills and talent, puppets need
the same. They need to be designed in such a way that they are attractive to the audience.
Besides, they can be accompanied by certain sounds and music that support its performance
capacity. The puppetry is the multidisciplinary form of the art accompanied by the music
(Mayesky, 2014). The application of the music in the performance of the puppets makes the
whole theatre process interesting. In the case of the puppets, the attractive colors for the
attractiveness of the puppets.
The role and importance of Music and puppetry for young children
There is a big role played by the Music and puppetry in the entertainment of the children.
This is one of the artistic works that keep children entertained upon performance. Young
children find it so interesting to watch the puppets being played. Sometimes, the music played

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during the performance of the puppets makes the whole performance interesting to young
children. It is one of the best performances for keeping young children entertained. They find it
so interesting to watch the puppets being played and performed. The whole process is
accompanied by either some soothing music which draws the attention of the young children.
The person playing the puppets can use this to teach the children some basic moral values. The
music sound accompanied the whole process is used to make sure that the children get soothed
and entertained. It is one way of bringing children together teaching them the need for the unit
especially when doing a common goal.
The artist playing the puppets can use the music tone to warn young children about some
vices. In this process, the children can be warned against some behaviors through the use of the
puppets. On most occasions, some the playing of the music accompanied by the puppets sends
some messages regarding how children should relate with one another (Wohlwend, 2015). They
can be used to show some unit among the children by the person playing them making sure that
there are two involved puppets to show unit and love to the small children. It is the process of
promoting social interaction among children. They interact with one another when watching the
performance of the puppet either in the theatre or the cinema all. It can be used as a process
teaching children various dancing styles and songs especially when the puppets are designed to
dance. Music can be used to play the role of sending warning people doing the wrong things in
life (Bernier, 2015). This depends on the choice of the words and tone used. Besides, some music
plays a role in congratulating and appreciating the important aspect of life. In the case of the
puppets, the way they are played helps in sending some messages to the children regarding what
should be done especially within particular senses (Silver, 2015).

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The use of puppets can be used to teach children the different people they should expect
in their life. Moreover, the puppets accompanied by the music can be used to teach children the
various aspects to expect especially when interacting with people in society. The music teaches
children that not all people they interact in their real-life are friends. They are therefore taught on
how to treat; interact with different types of people in society.
The pedagogical practices/teaching practices that educators need to implement creativity in
the Music and puppetry
In the case of the music, the choice of the words used in composing the music should be
so selective. The words should be able to portray a certain life situation in their reality. In most
cases, the music should be used to discuss, teach and evaluate certain things affecting people
within the community. It should portray better responsibilities that the audience should portray
after listening to music (Sutton & De Backer, 2019). The music used in playing the puppet
should be so selective to make sure that it contains the important message to pass some educative
information to the audience. Besides, the performance of the used puppet should be well
designed to make sure it portrays the real-life actions of people (Smith, 2018). In music art,
dancing practice can be applied to pass some important information to the audience. Better
selection of the words to be used either when dancing or acting the puppet should be so selective
to pass the basic information. The high tone in the music should be used especially when
emphasizing important information to be passed to the audience (Edwards, 2019). Also, the style
of presenting the tonal voice can be educative depending on the audience in which the music is
sung to. In the case of the puppet, the colors and dressing of the puppets should be so selective to
portray the main message passed across.

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