This article tells about how teachers with little or no background in music at Aynor Elementary School in South Carolina are using the guitar to reinforce spelling, rhyming patterns, vocabulary words, history lessons, and math and science facts. Since 2003, 24 of the school's 30-odd teachers have learned to play well enough to accompany their…

Fiddling is a style of bowed string playing often associated with folk musicians in the Western world. Many styles have arisen in various parts of the planet, including, among others, Scandinavia, the British Isles, and the United States. String teachers can include fiddling in their classes or lessons in a way that benefits both the student and…

The article offers tips on introducing percussion activities in elementary music class. Percussion equipment should be treated as musical instruments and not toys, teaching correct names, playing techniques and notation for the instruments. Active listening experiences for students should be planned, including band music. Band music incorporates…

This article outlines the methods developed to engage in a detailed investigation of video footage of piano teaching, involving advanced students in both one-to-one and small-group settings. The paper presents the research to date in the field of musical instrument teaching, considers various challenges associated with video footage analysis, and…

With all the music that is available for instrumental performance in the schools, the music of Thailand is under-represented. Yet Thailand has a rich instrumental tradition. This article focuses on the possibilities of adapting the Thai "mahori" and "kruang sai" ensembles to the western instrumentation available in school music…

General music teachers who use the guitar in their classrooms will find some practical instructional ideas in this article. (Editor/RK)

Author suggested that creativity of expression must be encouraged for students while teachers continue to strive for excellence in all areas of instruction in order to produce comprehensive musicians''. (Author/RK)

Author focused on the necessity of teaching music students to read properly before tackling music education and emphasized student interests as a prerequisite for effective learning. (RK)

Offers guidance on how best to stimulate elementary educators in utilizing music in the classroom. (DS)

Author offers suggestions for a sound music program for children which circumvents the inability or reluctance of student teachers to sing to their classes. (MB)

Article describes techniques used in teaching instrumental music to trainable mentally retarded children and so improve their self-image. (MM)

Article describes how the author had the ability to learn to play the piano despite her blindness and the methods worked out by her teacher. (MM)

Described are improvisational activities based on the Orff-Schulwerk teaching technique which include: sound and movement; sound and movement plus visuals; interpretation of designs from nature, architecture, paintings, rotating rondo, singing hands, and moving from words to song. Pictures of children participating in these activities are…

Investigates the effects on home practice of three different types of cassette tapes (a videotape, a modeling audiotape, and a nonmodeling audiotape) on the performance of beginning clarinet students. Finds no significant impact on amount of weekly practice, of practice using tapes, or of parental help based on tape type. (DSK)

Activities in music class allow students, especially students with hearing impairments, to explore new means of expression and to enhance existing ones. Additional benefits may include increases in auditory awareness, cognitive ability, attention span, memory recall, and vocabulary. Students with hearing impairments can learn and flourish in music…