Table of Contents

Preface
1 Teaching Music
The Purpose of Music Education
Values of Music Education
No Time for Frills?
Music Specialists and Classroom Teachers
2 Rhythm
Beat
Duration
Dots, Ties and Pauses
Simple Meter and Compound Meter
Triplets
Syncopation
Changing Meter
Asymmetric Meters
3 Melody
Pitch Relationships
The Piano Keyboard
Playing the Recorder
Scales
Key Signatures: Major Keys
Finding the Keynote
Minor Scales and Keys
Finding the Keynote
Transposition
4 Texture and Harmony
Texture
Harmony
Keyboard Experiences with Harmony
Electronic Instruments
The Autoharp
The Guitar
Summary
Suggested Activities
5 Form
Form in Music
Teaching Suggestions
6 Tempo, Dynamics, and Tone Color
Tempo
Dynamics
Tone Color (Timbre)
The Orchestra
Classroom Instruments with Definite Pitch
Listening and Tone Color
Suggested Activities
7 Listening to Music
Learning to Listen
Individualized Listening
Suggested Activities
8 Singing
Singing
Suggested Activities
9 Music Reading and Writing
Teaching Music Reading
Intervals
Suggested Activities
10 Planning and Evaluation
Musical Experiences
Resources for Planning
Variables in Planning
What Shall I Teach?
How Shall I Plan?
Long-Range Planning
MENC Musical Experiences Charts
Evaluation of Musical Learning
Suggested Activities
Song Supplement
Appendix 1 Music for Special Learners
Appendix 2 Jaques-Dalxroze, Kodály, and Orff
Appendix 3 Guitar Chords
Appendix 4 Soprano Recorder Fingerings(Baroque System)
Appendix 5 Musical Terms and Signs
Appendix 6 Instructional Materials
Song Index
Index