Ritmo y procesamiento temporal. Aportaciones de Jaques-Dalcroze al lenguaje musical

Rhythm is a natural and human phenomenon that spans multiple manifestations as form of art. Music education devotes much of its efforts on rhythmic development. This article aims to show the bodily elements that affect the teaching and learning of musical language, especially considering its rhythmic content. A bibliographic synthesis of the main authors who have contributed data and rhythmic proposals along with a brief educational intervention proposal in this regard, is presented. Teaching musical language is firmly linked to the rhythmic education and in this regard Jaques-Dalcroze as a pioneer in the development and introduction into school levels. Jaques-Dalcroze and his supporters organized a method of teaching musical language based on rhythmic skills through a series of exercises designed for this purpose. Also presented in this article proposals for teaching musical language through rhythmic development for different ages, both children and adults.