Music in the Primary School

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ISBN: 9780193364950 | 0193364956
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/6/2009

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This new edition of Music in the Primary School, a standard handbook for many years, was completed by the author in 2007. It contains new research, with the same practical application (for musicians and non-specialists alike), and takes into account requirements of the UK's national curriculum.

List of photographs, figures, and table	p. xv
Copyright acknowledgements	p. xvi
List of abbreviations	p. xvii
Primary teachers and music	p. 1
Music in primary schools	p. 1
Primary music teachers	p. 3
Towards music teaching	p. 7
Starting Points for Musical Activity	p. 9
Music games	p. 11
Classroom music games	p. 13
Traditional games	p. 18
Music games with borrowed structures	p. 20
Composing	p. 23
What is composing?	p. 23
Composing in school	p. 23
Getting started	p. 25
Materials 1: classroom percussion instruments	p. 27
Materials 2: other resources	p. 29
Planning composing: the need for experiment	p. 32
A composing lesson	p. 33
Stimulus	p. 38
Choice of materials	p. 44
Responding to composing	p. 46
Notation	p. 48
Facilities for music	p. 50
Performing	p. 52
Starting singing with children	p. 53
Choosing songs	p. 55
Teaching songs	p. 58
Developing singing	p. 62
Writing songs for children	p. 64
Voices and instruments	p. 65
What about staff notation?	p. 69
Responding to performing	p. 71
Performing for an audience	p. 72
Listening	p. 74
Listening versus hearing	p. 74
Listening across the curriculum	p. 75
The child as listener	p. 77
Choosing music	p. 78
An environment for listening	p. 81
Purposeful listening	p. 82
Listening throughout music	p. 82
Developing A Framework	p. 85
Musical development during the primary years	p. 87
Musical development before starting school	p. 87
Musical development at school	p. 91
Research and enquiry in musical development	p. 94
Children as perceivers	p. 95
Children musicians	p. 99
Children's development as song composers	p. 103
Singing in tune	p. 104
Planning curriculum music	p. 107
To what extent should we plan music?	p. 108
What is curriculum music for?	p. 108
What music should we teach?	p. 109
Who are we teaching?	p. 112
Summary	p. 116
Planning a lesson	p. 116
Planning on a larger scale	p. 123
Finding a feasible approach to curriculum planning	p. 123
Balancing the curriculum	p. 124
Meaningful progression	p. 124
Meaningful assessment	p. 127
Implementing a curriculum plan	p. 128
Music within the curriculum	p. 130
Music in topic work	p. 131
Working between subjects	p. 135
Music within science	p. 136
Music as a learning medium	p. 139
Music within the primary school	p. 145
School music	p. 145
Extension music	p. 147
Instrument teaching	p. 149
School music and secondary teachers	p. 161
A school staff for music	p. 162
Further reading	p. 164
References	p. 165
Index	p. 169
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