Submitted by: Katie LeMaster
Submitted for: Mr. Marcus L. Neiman, assistant professor
MUSIC 23241: MUSIC TEACHING AS A PROFESSION
Kent State University – Hugh A. Glauser School of Music
Date: September 22, 2011
Campbell, Patricia S. (2008). Chapter 3: Learning by Ear and by Eye.
Musican and Teacher, Pages 40-59.
Summary of the Article: There are three ways to learn music. Formal- taught by teacher, nonformal- only partically guided, and enculturative- without direction of any sort. Teachers convey many things about music, gestures, phrases, solfege and numbers. Some use words to describe what sound they want and others use body language. In the medieval times gregorian chants were totally taught by rote. Eventually music was written out. Seventeenth century Japan brought the first musical instruments. In West Africa babies are taught how to sing and dance while on their mothers back. Irish also learn my rote but it is more of a taditional thing. Jazz music is usually just a skeleton with all the improvization parts left blank.
I know that there are many things that contribute to a music performance. You have to put time in to make it work. Some times when someone is doing something wrong the best thing you can do it let it slide. Let the gestures speak for you.
Personal statements: This article gave me a bit of ideas on how to turn a rehearsal around. You could make a silent rehearsal and let the silcenve silence the students.
Katie- what happened to this submission? Your other 3 submissions had great detail and organization of your thoughts, great reflections and examples. Here, you've got 2 incomplete paragraphs, with a lot of vague statements. I like that you're thinking about how to implement how music is learned in other countries and cultures into your rehearsals, but you were vague as to which cultures you were drawing upon, and how that would look. Try to give me more detail and specifics on your thoughts here.
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