1st Edition

Music 7-11 Developing Primary Teaching Skills

By Sarah Hennessy Copyright 1995
96 Pages
by Routledge

92 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

Teachers have often felt unnecessarily apprehensive about teaching without music without being gifted musicians themselves. Music 7-11 dispels the myth that to teach music effectively a teacher has to "be musical" and provides teachers with the opportunity of developing both the basic subject knowledge and the confidence needed to deliver enjoyable and valuable music lessons. It does this by... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Music curriculum issues 2 Pulse and rhythm 3 Pitch and melody 4 Listening 5 Form 6 Texture Appendix 1 Relating activities to the National Curriculum (England) Appendix 2 Instruments Appendix 3 Music technology in the primary curriculum

Biography

Sarah Hennessy is currently Lecturer in Music Education at Exeter University, prior to which she practised as a classroom and then an advisory teacher of music.