Hear, Listen, Play!: How to Free Your Students' Aural, Improvisation, and Performance Skills
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199995761 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 156 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lucy Green is Professor of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is widely recognized for her pioneering work in developing new pedagogies based on the informal learning practices of popular musicians. She is also renowned for her writings on music education in relation to ideology, musical meaning, and gender.
The methods within each section have been systematically tried and tested in research projects spanning more than a decade, yet the book is written in simple, non-academic language which teachers will quickly find applicable to their working lives. Hear, Listen, Play! is a book for all music teachers who are unfamiliar with, yet curious about the worlds of ear-playing, informal learning, improvisation, and vernacular musics. Firstly it tackles the one-to-one specialist instrumental lesson, then ensemble work such as band and orchestra; and finally the generalist or specialist classroom. Yet that divide is by no means a necessary aspect of music learning, and musicians who are lucky enough to dwell on both sides of it count themselves as so much the richer for doing so. It simply offers something which is likely to be new to many teachers, and which they can, if they so wish, add in to the mix. This book aims to provide a door into those other worlds for any teacher who would like to open it. Vignettes from the research participants themselves provide color throughout the book, and give illustrations of how both teachers and l
The section on strategies for supporting ear-playing in the Musical Futures' classroom is a much needed and valued addition. Lucy Green's work has already changed the landscape in many High School music lessons around the world; her HeLP approach now has potential to transform teaching and learning in instrumental lessons, ensemble coaching and classrooms." --Tim Cain, Edge Hill University. "Building on her continuing research about how musicians learn, Lucy Green has fashioned a fascinating and powerfully rendered account
HARUE TANAKA said Excellent work!. Great book! It's what I was thinking about!