A thorny problem faced by many middle school band directors is teaching a large ensemble of students who have a wide range of rhythm-reading abilities and who have studied music using a variety of rhythm-reading methods. Since school schedules usually allow very little time for working with students in small groups, the director must try to bring…

This article describes middle school mathematics activities that relate measurement, ratios, and geometric sequences to finger positions or the placement of frets on stringed musical instruments. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)

This article discusses a number of techniques that can help teachers attract and keep general music students in their music program. These include: (1) a piano lab; (2) a chime group; and (3) intensive contact with the community.

Professional knowledge in teaching is broadly based on personal knowledge. Hence, it is important to build teachers' development out of their initial knowledge. The idea of a sociogenesis of educational knowledge, teacher knowledge and training models as well as teaching models are the basis of this study. It aims to diagnose the knowledge…

Most music educators are unaware that one of the earliest known electronic music keyboards for children dates back to 1952. It was unsophisticated in appearance, but much like the inventions of today, the mid-century electronic musical toy piqued the interest of children, and they begged their parents to buy it for them. The invention was named…

Author explained how a science museum, the Exploratorium in San Francisco, has organized lively and informal exhibits to involve visitors in "puzzles of perception". (Editor/RK)

GRADES OR AGES: Intermediate Grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Music. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: This guide has been developed to help the classroom teacher supplement the program of the music specialist. There are three main sections: Section 1 includes general concepts of music that the specialists will cover and has subsections on rhythm,…

Presents the basic principles of two systems for notating African music and dance: Labanotation (created to record and analyze movements) and Greenotation (created to notate musical instruments of Africa and to parallel Labanotation whereby both music and dance are incorporated into one integrated score). (KH)

This list of piano music by American composers is the sixth and final project in a series of lists prepared by the MENC Bicentennial Commission. (Editor/RK)

Inherent in the basic principles of the symphonic wind ensemble concept are several important concepts about seating--concepts that are intended to apply only to the seating of a full symphonic wind ensemble and not to small or large chamber ensembles. (Author/RK)

Discusses a new series of record albums of antique Spanish music. (SK)

Creative teaching should be used to motivate small children to appreciate and understand the beauty of music. (CK)

Reports the results of a study that investigated patterns of judgmental discriminations and preferences with regard to tone quality versus intonation of accompanied flute and oboe duet performances of simple melodies among music and nonmusic graduate and undergraduate students. (AM)

Explains how to use the equation for frequency of vibration of a transversely oscillating bar or pipe with both ends free to vibrate to build a simple and inexpensive xylophone from a 3-meter section of copper pipe. The instrument produces a full major scale and can be used to investigate various musical intervals. (Author/NB)