Discusses how computer-generated music can be used as a starting point to explore the science of sound. Listings for programs which focus on pitch (including a pitch matching game), beat, and frequency are included. (JN)

Investigated the tempo note preferences of 100 randomly selected college-level musicians using familiar orchestral music as stimuli. Subjects heard selections at increased, decreased, and unaltered tempi. Results showed musicians were not accurate in estimating original tempo and showed consistent preference for faster than actual tempo.…

Presents a musical play designed to orient students to standardized tests by promoting appropriate test-taking skills and attitudes. Suggests effective staging techniques. (ABB)

Article examined the tribal music of American Indians through the aspects of rhythm, melody, form, instruments, song types, and vocal style and change. (Author/RK)

This article was written for those who believed that commissioning music for the high school band was an impossible dream. Author described two successful high school commissioning programs, their benefits for the students involved, and how to approach a composer to seek a new work. (Editor/RK)

This paper addresses the simplification of music as a way to introduce all beginners to making music. Creative play is emphasized to encourage students to feel ownership of the music they create. Suggestions are given for improvisation to known songs with small guitars, ukuleles and dulcimers. The paper advocates a return to the roots of music…

Results of this study suggest that some use of the type of the listening used in this study would be appropriate for teaching discriminative listening in the general music curriculum. (Author)

Described the contributions of a number of New England composers and presented some of their music evolution. (RK)

Article described a project in the electronic music idiom for use in the intermediate grades that was different, that involved no complicated or expensive apparatus, and that showed an interesting relationship between measurement and rhythm. (Author/RK)

In this study the author attempted to demonstrate an approach to musical understanding derived from the field of musical aesthetics. (Author/RK)

Discusses Stravinsky's Poetics, a book that adds an aesthetic theory to the revolutionary composer's legacy of masterworks, thus fusing theory with practice. (Author/RK)

Considers the history of art, analyzes its specific features, and expresses some thoughts about its future. (RK)

A creative interpretation of sound and its novel display allows students to interconnect different art forms. (RK)