This book offers practical suggestions by parents on how to encourage young children musically, specifically using the Suzuki method for listening to music and practicing. The book is divided into the following chapters: (1) "Ten Reasons Why Musical Training Can and Should Be Started Early"; (2) "Advice From Parents: Ways To Encourage Children…

An instrumental music teacher in Anne Arundel County (Maryland) has been presented with a situation where a parent of a special education child wishes to enroll the child in the noncurricular school music program. This raises the question of his liability if he limits or refuses special education students in the program based on their…

Author explores the role of music in each person's life and investigates the question of whether music should be just another of the subjects taught at school, or should it be a strong, edifying influence in a child's upbringing. (Author/RK)

Describes a teaching device, computer-controlled, that is used in the U.S.S.R. as an introduction to the elements of piano playing. (Author/RK)

Hawaiian music has developed from the simple chant and accompanying hula to choral singing and the use of the guitar and ukulele. Article also presents a compositional and choreographic analysis of Hawaiian music. (RK)

Developed a model and tested the following hypotheses: (1) esthetic features--tempo, rhythm, dynamics, and phrasing in piano performance--are accurately perceived by audience members and (2) such perceptual veridicality does not depend upon one's degree of education/training and is therefore shared by critics and audience members. (PD)

Subjects of the study were five elementary string class students (grades 4-6) who performed consistently with incorrect left-hand positions. Although students varied in response to different teaching styles, praise was always as effective as corrective feedback in changing the left-hand position and more durable in its effectiveness. (Author/SJL)

Investigated the effect of using tape-recorded aural models for home practice on selected sight-reading and performance skills of sixth-grade clarinet students. The tape recordings had no observed effects on the selected music skills, nor did the students using them complete more music exercises, as had been hypothesized. (Author/SJL)

Studies have shown that sexism cannot only influence career choice, but even the musical instrument that a child chooses to play. The question music educators need to consider is how attitudes and behavior surrounding this issue can be modified. (Author/SJL)

Discusses how secondary education music teachers can team teach in the instrumental music classroom. Focuses on issues involved, such as defining team teaching, the influence of the curriculum, and deciding upon discipline strategies. Addresses the positive and negatives of team teaching. (CMK)

Presents a study that investigates the effect of different melodic configurations on an Orff xylophone on how children compose and on the musical characteristics of their compositions. Focuses on fourth grade students (n=48) who lacked education in musical composition and who composed a song on the xylophone. (CMK)

Examines the effects that modeling, self-evaluation, and self-listening have on the music performance and attitudes about practice of junior high school students in the seventh (n=36), eighth (n=31), or ninth (n=15) grades who play woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments. Includes references. (CMK)

Focuses on ways to develop student creative thinking, improvisation, and composition skills in instrumental classes. Provides suggestions, such as the importance of offering students creative opportunities, supplying examples, giving control to students, and encouraging expressive integrity. Includes a bibliography of resources for developing…

Suggests that watching for certain signs can help music teachers to improve students' performance in jazz solos. Recommends dealing with problems one at a time beginning with the most blatant and focusing on good communication skills as the basis of improvisation. Discusses lack of spacing, repetition, planning, form, and finality. (DK)