New trends in music will make this art more interesting and relevant to the students of today. (CK)

Young children are natural-born musicians and rhythm instruments provide a wonderful bridge between a toddler's innate need to make noise and a child's true musical awareness and expressiveness. Rhythm instrument activities are so easy. With most of them, the child is simply copying one motion at a time. There is nothing to remember. Another…

Points out the value of a favorable music curriculum for children two to eight years of age, advocating an emphasis on and providing guidelines for programs in vocal development, instrumental skills, and music appreciation in early childhood curricula. (RH)

Despite three decades of research, gendered participation in music continues to be problematic. While many aspects of Western society maintain a patriarchal stance in the workplace, it is apparent that girls have made some significant changes in their musical choices. Males, it seems, are maintaining the same preferences for instruments as they…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 13. SUBJECT MATTER: Music. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The central portion of the guide is divided into six units: voice, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and theory and form. Each unit is in list form. The guide is offset printed and staple-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: A list of…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 2. SUBJECT MATTER: Music including vocal, instrumental, and music appreciation. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one for each of the above-mentioned categories. It is laid out in four columns across two pages. Column headings are goals, activities, helps for the teacher, and…

Analyzes the music and musical instruments of India and the countries around it that comprise South Asia. (RK)

Compares some inadequate and uninteresting music with music that is creative and stimulating, and considers the musical values of audiences. (RK)

Discusses categories of music, interaction of musical styles, status of musicians, and the roles of African music scholars and teachers. (Reprinted from African Report.) (DB)

Outlines several units on African Music with complete details. (GB)

Author presents an analysis of American popular music. (RK)

Briefly discusses music programing for special audiences. An illustrative exercise provided to point out a programing format, especially the sequencing activities and utilization of resources. (Author/MP)

A series of activities are described to introduce students to musical instruments. Children learn about woodwind, string, percussion, and brass instruments through observation of musicians, hands-on experiences, and recordings. Sample recordings and a bibliography are listed. (DF)

The authors' intention in writing this article is to dispel any fears and mysteries previously subscribed to about appreciating and creating music. Through simplification and isolation, the understanding of music will inevitably unfold as predictably and beautifully as a blossom on a warm summer day. Their hope is that, people may use this…

Intended for use by elementary teachers, this publication contains the music for ten songs from the Luba in the Kasai and Shaba regions of Zaire. The songs provide a means for young people to enjoy and to appreciate the musical heritage of Africa as a part of their more general understanding of music from around the world. The songs included are…