Musicianship & Aural Training (Level 2-Lower Secondary)
by Deborah Smith

These books (student and teacher editions and CDs for Dictations) have been written to provide a broad, thorough and sequential music curriculum for students in middle secondary (Years 9 and 10 or elective music students) and have also been used to provide students beginning senior music with a concise and thorough overview of music theory and aural comprehension.

These books are the ideal introductory course for preparing students for senior level music studies.

The Student edition is:

Easy to use

Has clear and concise information

Sequential development of the skills and knowledge required for a thorough understanding of the language of music

Includes hundreds of activities suitable for all class types

The Teacher edition:

Includes the full student book (with easy to use same page numbering system)

Contains a Teacher Information section prior to each student section with suggestions and approaches to teaching each page of the student book

 

 

The CDs for Dictation
(Set of 3):

Contain all the dictation material found in these text books

 
 
Book Contents  
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Section 1 – Lessons
60 one and a half page written lessons each with a rhythmic, melodic or harmonic focus. These lessons cover musical concepts from beat, pitch and rhythm through to Major and minor scales, harmony and analysis tasks. Also included in each lesson are aural dictation exercises arranged in a sequential order of level of difficulty.

 
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Section 2 – Revision Lessons
15 revision lessons – 1 for every four lessons above (suitable for informal assessment such as homework or formal assessment).

 
 

The Appendices are designed to support the above main sections.

    

Additional Material – in Teacher Edition only (permission to photocopy given)
Written and aural tests (1 per semester) suitable for formal assessment purposes if required.

 

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