DSmusic - Deborah Smith - Musicianship and Aural Training

Musicianship & Analysis Skills (Upper Secondary)

by Deborah Smith

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These books (student and teacher editions) have been written to introduce, teach and practice concepts and skills required for the upper secondary student so that they can better understand many forms of music both past and present.

	Written to help teachers introduce, teach and practice concepts and skills required for the upper secondary student to better understand many forms of music both past and present
	Includes detailed sections on Terminology, Western Art Music, Jazz and Popular Music, Non-Western Music and Music and Other Media
	Contain a section on Musicianship (Aural Training) suitable for assisting students in their aural understanding of the concepts dealt with in the Analysis Skills section of the text (abridged from Solo Performance book)
	Includes hundreds of guided listening activities and formal listening tasks
	Teacher edition contains a detailed Discography

Book Contents

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CONTENTS

Section One - Terminology
Terminology introduces, explains and gives examples of many of the common terms used when describing music such as melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, timbre etc.

TERMINOLOGY

Section Three - Jazz and Popular Music
Jazz and Popular Music follows the same process as the previous chapter but deals with genres such as Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll and Popular Music from the 1970s to the present

JAZZ & POP

TEACHING IDEAS

Section Four - Non-Western Music
Non-Western Music teaches students how to use the terminology taught in Section One and the new terminology required for discussing non-western music. Australian Indigenous Music, Chinese Music, Indonesian Gamelan Music and the music of many other cultures is introduced in this Section

NON-WESTERN

Section Five - Music snd Other Media
Music and Other Media explores the way music has been used through the ages to support other media such as ballet and film. Several detailed listening tasks have been set based on music from current films such as Gladiator and Star Wars – The Phantom Menace

MUSIC & MEDIA

Sections Six to Twelve - Musicianship (Aural Training)
Musicianship (Aural Training) gives students an overview of upper secondary aural skills that can be used to support the listening work done in Sections One to Five of this text (abridged from the Solo Performance, 1st Edition, text in this series)

DISCOGRAPHY

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