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[[Carl Orff]] was a prominent German composer. Orff Schulwerk is considered an "approach" to music education. It begins with a student's innate abilities to engage in rudimentary forms of music, using basic rhythms and melodies. Orff considers the whole body a percussive instrument and students are led to develop their music abilities in a way that parallels the development of western music. The approach fosters student self-discovery, encourages improvisation, and discourages adult pressures and mechanical drill. [[Carl Orff]] developed a special group of instruments, including modifications of the [[glockenspiel]], [[xylophone]], [[metallophone]], [[drum]], and other [[percussion instrument]]s to accommodate the requirements of the Schulwerk courses. Each bar on the instruments is able to be removed to allow for different scales to be formed. Orff's instruments build [[motor skills]], both visually and kinesthetically, in younger children that might not have those abilities built up yet for other instruments.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abril |first1=Carlos |last2=Gault |first2=Brent |title=Teaching General Music: Approaches, Issues, and Viewpoints |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780199328093 |pages=28–29 |url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199328093.001.0001/acprof-9780199328093-chapter-3 |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> Experts in shaping an American-style Orff approach include Jane Frazee, Arvida Steen, and Judith Thomas.<ref>[httphttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.comca/en/article/orff-approach-emc/ "Orff Approach"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Doreen Hall, Keith Bissell, Emily-Jane Orford. 02/07/2006</ref>