MUSI 466 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Interlochen Center For The Arts, Music Learning Theory, First National Band
Document Summary
No conducting aural based: walking around, fixing issues, no stopping and talking, playing accompaniment, eyes on him no stands/music. Learning happens only once otherwise you"re reinforcing or extinguishing a behavior. Methodology = how you learn a piece of music. Edwin gordon music learning theory: discrimination learning = teacher led, rigid sequence of instruction. Teacher leads students to hear differences between musical sounds. Moving from aural recognition to reading/writing music. Aural sound verbal association (providing language, 1e&a 2) sing pattern (sing on neutral syllable, echo w/ language) write pattern (sing pattern, they write it) associate symbols with sound (students become independent learners) Not rote teaching: inference learning = student led (student grows to understand concept. Theoretical understanding teachers like this one a lot. Major vs. minor: how to build major chord, draw on board, show intervals, step size, etc; repeat w/ minor chord. Understanding how music works on a theoretical basis. Providing parameters (use this scale, mode etc) for improvise.
