This study examined whether requiring undergraduate college nonmusic majors, enrolled in a music fundamentals course, to own a keyboard would enhance their keyboard skills. The course included instruction in reading notation, singing and keyboard skills. There were two groups. One group (experimental) owned keyboards and had them accessible at…

This article presents the results of research into the relationships between lessons on the primary instrument and individual practice in conservatoire education. Six cases were extensively investigated through observation, questionnaires, logbooks, and interviews. Regarding the lessons on the primary instrument, we examined aims, topics,…

What follows is a description of a simple experiment developed in a non-mathematical general education science course on sound and light for fine arts students in which a guitar is used with data collection hardware and software to verify the properties of standing waves on a string.

This book is the first comprehensive resource devoted to steel band pedagogy, it is a must-have for anyone involved in the steel band idiom today. Written primarily for educators, the book addresses a wide variety of topics, including instrumentation, personnel, basic pan technique, repertoire, and rehearsal strategies. This informative text…

Since--and even before--the National Standards for Music Education were published, music educators have tried to balance the expectations associated with the traditional performance curriculum and contemporary models of music education. The Standards-based curriculum challenges directors to consider how student experiences and learning can be…

Various researchers over the past decades have established that verbal behaviour constitutes a substantial portion of total instruction time in music. The use of metaphor in these educational practices and the supporting music literature is rich and frequent. Numerous scholars support the view that metaphor in learning and teaching music touches…

Marching band, madrigal choir, orchestra, jazz band, mixed chorus, and the annual musical are just a few of the activities that may be part of a high school's music program. Consequently, if the choir, band, and orchestra directors come together to develop goals that all ensembles can share, this cooperation can enhance the effectiveness of the…

Arranged into eight parts, the booklet assists instrumental music teachers in facilitating musicianship in the beginning instrumental class. Part 1 presents a description and rationale for teaching comprehensive musicianship in instrumental programs. Part 2 presents a list of student objectives and teaching strategies for beginning level classes.…

This is the second of two features on an arts project in San Salvador. (Editor/RK)

This article examines the special relationship between students and their instrumental teachers in UK conservatoires. Conservatoires in the UK provide a higher education for aspiring performers and composers and the students' choice of conservatoire will often be guided by their desire to study with a particular "professor" who will…

This paper discusses a project in which third-year undergraduate Performance majors were asked to assess their second-year peers. The impetus for launching the project came from some stirrings of discontent amongst a few students. Instead of finding the assessment of their peers a manageable task, most students found the breadth of musical focus,…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 4, 5, and 6. SUBJECT MATTER: Music. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory section contains material on the purpose, general objectives, and organization of the program; recommendations for the classroom vocal program, the classroom instrumental program, the classroom music listening program, and the…

The development of increasing performance skills individually and in ensemble, with emphasis on stylistic characteristics of the music studied, is the purpose of this course. The handbook presents, in outline format, the following: Course Description; Course Enrollment Guidelines; Course of Study Objectives--Musicianship, Performance--Course…

During the three thousand years in which the present music notation system has evolved, numerous notation methods have been considered, each with shortcomings in its ability either to meet the requirements of modern composers or to serve as an instructional system. Considers what must be done in order to satisfy the needs of both the advanced…

Discussed the creation of a new family of violins, constructed on the basis of mathematical design, that cover the range between the low tones of a seven-foot contrabass violin and the high tones of a tiny treble violin. Some music history is also considered. (Author/RK)