Music Fundamentals, Methods, and Materials for the Elementary Classroom Teacher, CourseSmart eTextbook, 5th Edition

Designed for prospective teachers without extensive music backgrounds, this market-leading text provides both a thorough overview of the basic elements of music and a clear sequence of instructional steps that allows readers to participate in the same learning process they will later use as teachers.

 

Hallmark features of the text include: the nine National Standards cued to each teaching strategy, information on the most current thinking in music education, a balanced representation of songs, and Specialized Areas addressed with clarity and comprehensiveness. Packaged with an audio CD for use with the lessons, the text continues to be written in such a way that, once students leave the college classroom, they can easily use the text package as a resource handbook with their own students, without continued music specialist assistance and.

Preface

 

Section I: Teaching the Elements of Music to Children

Chapter 1: Music and the Child

Chapter 2: Teaching Rhythm to Children

Chapter 3: Teaching Melody to Children

Chapter 4: Teaching Timbre to Children

Chapter 5: Teaching Expressive Elements to Children

Chapter 6: Teaching Form to Children

Chapter 7: Teaching Texture to Children

Chapter 8: Teaching Harmony to Children

 

Section II: Developing Musical Skills

Chapter 9: The Singing Voice

Chapter 10: Playing Musical Instruments

Chapter 11: Listening Activities and Materials

Chapter 12: Movement and Children

 

Section III: Organizing Musical Experiences

Chapter 13: Lesson Planning

Chapter 14: Integrating Music with Other Subjects

 

 

Audio CD

Listing of Recorded Selections

 

1. A Ram Sam Sam (1:36). 1995 Silver Burdett Ginn.

2. Arirang (1:17)

3. Achshav (Awake! Awake!) (1:27). 1995 Silver Burdett Ginn.

4. Awake! Awake! (Achshav) (1:27). 1995 Silver Burdett Ginn.

5. America, the Beautiful (2:05). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

6. Clementine (:36)

7. Sakura (Cherry Bloom) (:45)

8. Dona nobis pacem (Grant Us Peace) (3:04). 2005 Pearson Education, Inc.

9. Down by the Station (:24)

10. El florón (The Flower) (1:16). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

11. The Flower (1:17). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

12. Follow the Drinking Gourd (:56)

13. Free at Last (2:17). 1995 Silver Burdett Ginn.

14. Hawaiian Rainbows (:38)

15. I Love the Mountains (1:25). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

16. Ida Red (:30)

17. Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho (:52)

18. Juanito (Little Johnny) (2:20). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

19. Little Johnny (2:20). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

20. Lift Every Voice and Sing (3:43). 1995 Silver Burdett Ginn.

21. Mary Ann (1:48). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

22. Mi cuerpo hace música (There’s Music in Me) (1:05). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

23. There’s Music in Me (1:05). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

24. Music Alone Shall Live (2:55)

25. Nighttime (:34)

26. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen (1:26)

27. O Hanukkah (:43)

28. Pat Works on the Railway (:27)

29. Pin Pon (Spanish) (1:16). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

30. Pin Pon (English) (1:15). 2002 Pearson Education, Inc.

31. Simple Gifts (:52)

32. Star-Spangled Banner (1:19)

33. This Train, Oh When the Saints, Swing Low (1:52)

34. Yankee Doodle (1:16). 1988 Silver Burdett Ginn.

35. “Little Train of the Caipira” from Bachianas Brasileiras (4:53). Courtesy of Everest Records.

36. “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” from Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky (1:16). Courtesy of SPG Music, Inc.

37. “Habanera” from Carmen, Bizet (1:37). Courtesy of Qualiton Imports, Ltd.

38. “Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Legend of Tsar Sultan, Rimsky-Korsakov (transcribed by J. Heifetz) (1:19). Courtesy of Denon Records/Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

39. Trombone excerpt from Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa (1:12)

40. Bassoon excerpt, “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Grieg (:57). Courtesy of SPG Music, Inc.

41. Castanets excerpt from Capriccio Espagnol, Rimsky-Korsakov (1:49). Courtesy of SPG Music, Inc.

42. Gregorian Chant, Alleluia (2:00). Courtesy of the Haydn Society.

43. Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578, Bach (3:27). Courtesy of Hyperion Records, Ltd.

44. Also Sprach Zarathustra excerpt, Strauss (1:44). Courtesy of SPG Music, Inc.

45. “Ecce gratum” from Carmina Burana, Orff (2:48). Courtesy of Arts Music GmbH.

46. “Frightening” from Scenes of Childhood, Op.15, Schumann (1:44). Courtesy of SPG Music, Inc.

This compilation copyright © 2012 by Pearson.