ERIC Number: ED155122
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Publication Date: 1978
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Course of Study for Electronic Music I. An Instructional Guide.
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction.
The booklet is a guide for music teachers and administrators who wish to incorporate electronic music into the junior or senior high curriculum. It defines program objectives and suggests goals, teaching strategies, materials, and equipment. Reasons for teaching electronic music include its popularity with the younger generation, its capability to be a musical outlet for students with no formal music training, and its relationship to other disciplines such as physics, acoustics, and math. Among the objectives of this course outline are mastery of basic terms and manipulation skills for the tape recorder and the synthesizer. The majority of the guide includes four units, each containing specific instructional objectives, performance objectives, and class activities. Content covers properties of sound, the tape recorder, the synthesizer, and history and literature of electronic music. Activities include splicing, playing tape backwards, multi-dubbing, identifying waveforms, discriminating aurally between mid-range signals modulated by sub-audio, and composing music. Instructional strategies and activity sequence are suggested. Appendices offer a glossary of electronic music terms; annotated lists of 15 books, 21 articles, 50 records, five films, and six audiovisual kits; and a checklist of recommended equipment. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Audio Equipment, Audiotape Recordings, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Electronic Equipment, Junior High School Students, Learning Activities, Music, Music Education, Music Techniques, Musical Composition, Resource Materials, Secondary Education, Sound Effects, Sound Tracks, Student Interests, Tape Recorders, Teaching Guides, Teaching Methods, Unit Plan
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Authoring Institution: Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction.
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