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Introduction to Music, Index for Part III
General Topics
Essential balances for teachers – Essential Qualities for Students
Save Time by Spending Time
Overall Objectives: 12 Essential Skills for Reading and Playing Elementary Music
Productive Study Habits
Reviewing and Experimenting
Expanding the Field of Vision Needed in Reading Music
Use the Instructions and Example Boxes
The Importance of Pattern Recognition
Introducing New Elements
Extending the Use of Written Work
RHYTHM, PART ONE
Rhythmic Durations
How to Teach
Finding Patterns
Preparing Manual Response
Preparing a Written Response
Duplicating Even Dashes
Preparation Completed
Tapping Rhythmic Figures: Recommended Hand Signals and Counting Options
Chart of Rhythmic Figures with Hand Signals
Coping with a Large Subject
Rhythmic Figures
Eye movements
Listening Exercises
Metronome Applications
Memory Development: Establish the Guideline that You Never Repeat Instructions
Improvising
Composition
Directed Motion: A Tool for Musical Interpretation
Using Questions: Our Most Valuable Teaching Tool
Marking Directed Motion in Rhythmic Phrases
Marking Directed Motion in Melodies
Using Horizontal Brackets as Preparation for Bar Lines
Rhythmic Phrases
Cadences
Historical Perspective
Dynamics
Meter
Rests
Performance Reminders
Form in Music
Using Letter Plans to Show the Relationship of Ideas
Mapping Your Music With Letter Plans
The Benefits of Using Letter Plans
Tempo and the Metronome
MARCHING: Preparation for Rhythmic Activities (description, score and MIDI file)
EAR TRAINING: See ArtistryAlliance.com Interactive Workbook
PITCH, PART ONE
Singing: Application Throughout Music Study
Awakening the Voice
Computer Assistance
Counting Aloud
Other Opportunities
Reading Skills
Reading by Interval
Reading by Letter Name
Introducing Students to the Piano
Web Resources for Piano Tours
Higher and Lower
Our Hands at the Keyboard
Procedure for the Preparatory Exercise
Intervals
Intervals on the Staff, Keyboard, and in the Hand
Building a Vocabulary of Intervals
Building Awareness of Melodic Shape
Preparing to Read Notes on the Grand Staff
Bass C. Middle C, and Treble C
Reading Anchors for Flash Cards, Set 1
C Anchors
Clef Anchors
Finding Interval Patterns
EAR TRAINING: See ArtistryAlliance.net, Artistry online
TECHNIC, PART ONE
Introduction
Illustrations
Exercises (all exercises are illustrated)
Basic Requirements: Posture and Relaxation
Sections I and II, Exercises for the Arm, Exercises for the Wrist
Section III
Exercise 1: Straight Finger Lifts
Exercise 2: Curved Finger Lifts
Exercise 3: “Bicycle Arms”
Exercise 4: “Ball Squeeze”
Section IV: Exercises for the Wrist, Hand, and Fingers
Things to Know about the Wrist
Helping Students Connect Two Notes Clearly
Section V: Melodies that Combine Rhythm, Pitch, and Technic
Purpose
Developing Keyboard Memory
Transposing Interval Patterns
TECHNIC ACTIVITIES, PART ONE: FINGER GYMNASTICS
Goal: a Natural, Responsive Technic from the Beginning
The No-Nonsense Warm-Up
Ultimate goal: Smooth, Flowing, Purposeful Movements
SEE ALSO THE ART OF MOVEMENT by Mary Gae George and Ewa Mekwinsky
This set of activities aligns perfectly with the INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC.
The download includes MP3 files of the music.
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