horses & music: tunes as a training tool
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Using music as a training tool for horses and ridersTRANSCRIPT
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Horses & Music: Tunes as a Training Tool
Horse World Expo 2009
Elaine Long Bailey
Calvert County 4-H Educator
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A Quick Survey
• Why do you ride?– Fun– Pleasure– Relaxation– Competition– Exercise
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Important Pieces of the Puzzle
• The Horse– Quality of gaits– Timing of gaits– Adjustment within gaits
• The Rider– Relaxation– Position– Influence on horse
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The German Training Scale
Collection*
Contact
Rhythm
Suppleness
Impulsion
Straightness
Zettl, 1998
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The Gaits
• Walk– 4 beats– Purity
• Trot or jog– 2 beats– Adjustability
• Canter or lope– 3 beats– Moment of suspension– Expression
http://kellyshorse.com/pages/4e%20Lope_JPG.htm
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The Horse’s Gaits
• What impacts them?– Strength of horse– Balance of horse and rider– Tempo of horse and rider– Rhythm of horse and rider
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Strength
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Balance
• Longe work• Hill work• Flexibility work• Strengthen abdominal
muscles
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Rhythm vs. Tempo
• What is the difference?
• Rhythm or “beats”• Tempo or “speed”• How do we control it?• What influences it?
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Why do you listen to MUSIC?
• Relaxation• Motivation• Excitement• Fun
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How does MUSIC impact us?
• What defines music?
• What kind of music?
• What happens to these physiological functions?– Pulse rate– Muscle movement– Breathing patterns– Mood
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A Little Research
• Tell me the following as you listen– My mood is . . . – My heart rate is . . . – My breathing is . . . – My muscles are . . .
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Think about . . .
• Mood• Heart rate• Breathing rate• Muscles
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How About Here?
• Mood . . . • Heart rate . . . • Breathing . . . • Muscles . . .
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This one . . .
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How Do We Combine Music and Riding?
• Fun• Relaxation• Motivation• Competition• Entertainment
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Watch the Horses During Music vs. None
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Relax
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Regulate
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The German Training Scale
Collection*
Contact
Rhythm
Suppleness
Impulsion
Straightness
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Music & Horses
• Some horses have musical preferences• Use your imagination• Make it fun
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Acknowledgements & Resources
• Thanks to Mark Bailey, Ann Newton, Kelly Quesinberry, Kate Shoup, Kim Thomas, and to Lucky Cricket Farm for their help with the horses and the music
• For further reading . . . – Anderson, Libby and Leigh Ann Hazel-Groux,
2003. Dancing with your Horse.– Zettl, Walter, 1998. Dressage in Harmony:
from Basic to Grand Prix.
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Thank you!