Body percussion involves using the body to generate percussive sounds. It may be performed alone or as an accompaniment to song. The folk traditions of many countries include the use of body percussion. Some examples include: Indonesian saman, Ethiopian armpit music, palmas in flamenco, and the hambone from the United States.

Percussion sounds are produced when a player hits, scrapes, rubs or shakes an instrument to produce vibrations. The same techniques can be applied to the human body. Additionally, the body has other unique possibilities including the use of inhaled or exhaled air and vocal sounds.

Play is an inherent human trait. People of all ages love to play. Essentially, there are two types of play, structured and unstructured. Games are an example of structured play. People all over the world play games for the simple reason that they are fun! Games have also been an integral part of education for centuries. Consider such diverse examples as: battle simulations, hangman, crossword puzzles, role-play, computer drills, and flight simulators. There are two ideas implicit in the use of games in education:

1. A desire to harness the motivational power of games in order to ‘make learning fun’.
2. A belief that ‘learning through doing’ in games is a powerful way to learn.

Every year on April 16, voice professionals worldwide join together to recognise World Voice Day. This annual initiative aims to increase public awareness of the value and importance of human voice and remind individuals how to look after this extremely valuable commodity and prevent injury and damage.

The theme for World Voice Day 2011 is We Share a Voice, which reminds us that the voice is at the core of what connects us and defines us as humans.

For a short history and further information on World Voice Day

• Aus Voice Association History
• American Academy Fact Sheet

Audiation is the process of both mentally hearing and understanding music, even when no music is present. In essence, audiation is thinking in music or thinking about music in a way that brain is able to give meaning to the sounds. You could compare this to a skill that many of us possess - that of thinking in words! The reason we can think in words is because our language education and experience has taught us this skill. Similarly, well educated musicians have the ability to audiate.

The term 'audiation' was invented by music psychologist, Edwin Gordon who has written on it extensively. However, Hungarians were using a similar term “inner hearing” well before Gordon published in this field.