The author gives an historical description of bell ringing, and characterizes the bell-ringing process. (MF)

This booklet is the sixth in a series of informative publications from the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). The statistical information is based on the 1971-72 annual reports of member institutions of the association and on an addendum filed in the fall of 1972. Of the 384 institutional members of the NASM in 1971-72, 320 submitted…

The author states an argument for a "balanced school-music program which includes a place for stringed instruments. (JG)

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 1-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Music skills and music education. ORGANIZATIONAL AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There is a section for each grade which outlines different objectives, activities, and instruments. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: A short outline of objectives for each grade or grade group introduces each section, included in these…

Addresses the inevitable change in the study of music in U.S. higher education through a parable that assumes the viewpoint of a historian writing toward the middle of the 21st century. Reviews the events that eventually lead to closing the school of music at the University of Granton, an imaginary school. (CMK)

Gives five examples from music teachers about how they use different types of technology, in particular the electronic keyboard, in their classrooms. Demonstrates the contrasting methods of each of these teachers, but illustrates, at the same time, how they all have met the same ends: to enhance music education through technology. (CMK)

The primary objective of this project was to design a responsive environment using a computer-controlled organ for children to learn music principles. Three secondary objectives set in the development of this environment were to create the means for: 1) entering, storing, and replaying complex music; 2) viewing the time-space relationships…

This guide is a comprehensive overview of contemporary and innovative methods and approaches to the teaching and learning of music. The guide is organized to provide the administrator, music specialist, and classroom teacher with a comprehensive resource of detailed information concerning recent curriculum designs, special curricular areas, and…

This annotated bibliography on music resources is designed to introduce music educators to the availability of books, films, single concept loops, instruments, and other audiovisual aids for a well-rounded music program in the elementary schools. Listed are (1) books and stories for children on the history of music, the lives of artists, sound and…

The document presents checklists by which music teachers and school administrators can evaluate concrete elements of orchestra programs in grades four through 12. The opening sections outline the immediate benefits of having a school orchestra; effects on later adult life of student participation in orchestras; goals of a school orchestra program;…