Through Motif Writing, students can

Through Motif Writing, students can
denote the where (level, direction), the
when(duration, meter, pulse, tempo) ,
and the how (strong, gentle, frenetic,
percussive, soaring, bumpy, etc.). Because
Motif Writing is experienced
through a variety of encoding modalities-
auditory (listening), kinetic
(moving), visual (reading), and tactile
(writing)-it has the potential to
stimulate learning and to assist in understanding
information. For example,
when a person reads or writes
dance symbols on a score, she or he
feels-thinks-moves simultaneously. Responding
to written symbols on a page
is immediate and direct.