Bannan, Nicholas

First Instruments: Teaching Music Through Harmony Signing

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ISBN 13:
9780190932053
author:
Bannan, Nicholas
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
language:
English
Publication Year:
2019
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
25.4 x 17.8 centimetres
Genre:
Nonfiction, Education
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£26.38

Description

First Instruments: Teaching Music Through Harmony Signing is a practical guide for music educators from Kindergarten to 5, offering a classroom-tested system to develop students' confident understanding of pitch relationships through improvisation and composition.

Founded on the belief that all children are musical, this book provides teachers with the necessary tools to lay the foundation for a lifelong commitment to music-making. By combining Kodály hand signs with physical motions, author Nicholas Bannan helps students develop deeply embodied musical knowledge that ultimately paves the way for acquisition and functional working knowledge of harmony.

The approach encourages educators to draw on games, tasks, and activities in relation to their own curriculum planning, supporting musical creativity that is not dominated by a particular genre or style. This liberates the musical imagination, enabling students to explore musical styles from throughout history and all over the world.

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