Starting Out Right
eBook - ePub

Starting Out Right

Beginning Band Pedagogy

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eBook - ePub

Starting Out Right

Beginning Band Pedagogy

About this book

Starting Out Right: Beginning Band Pedagogy is the only complete resource for organizing, planning, and teaching beginning woodwind, brass, and percussion students. The book covers every aspect of teaching beginning band students from the first sounds on the instruments through the first full-band performances. It is the only comprehensive reference that offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching each beginning band instrument, as well as organizing and running a successful beginning band program. Based on the public school teaching experience of the author, the book is designed for use in undergraduate methods and pedagogy classes as well as for clinics and workshops at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This book is also designed to be a reference for the many novice teachers who lead beginning bands or those teachers whose expertise is not in the band realm.

While the focus of the book is on teaching beginning band, much of the book can be of use to band instructors at any grade level. The book is divided into several parts, which cover the sound-to-sign-to-theory approach to teaching musical literacy; child development as it relates to teaching music; recruiting and retaining students; developing fundamental sounds and skills on each woodwind, brass, and percussion instrument; teaching students to read tonal and rhythmic music notation; and selecting and rehearsing beginning band solo, ensemble, and full-band music. The book also addresses curriculum design, scheduling, and staffing of band programs. Ideas about managing student records, inventory, and equipment are also given special attention. Written in a casual narrative style, the book features real-world examples of how the principles in the book might be applied to actual teaching situations. Another special feature of the book is a set of early field-experience application exercises. Starting Out Right guides readers as they explore a comprehensive individual and ensemble approach to teaching each woodwind, brass, and percussion instrument.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Part I: Foundations
  5. Chapter 1: Who Are We Teaching?
  6. Chapter 2: Learning the Language of Music
  7. Part II: Developing Fundamental Sounds and Music-Decoding Skills
  8. Chapter 3: First Sounds on Wind Instruments
  9. Chapter 4: Developing Solid Percussion Foundations
  10. Chapter 5: From Rote to Note: Reading Music
  11. Chapter 6: Music and Materials for Young Bands
  12. Part III: Moving Beyond the Basics
  13. Chapter 7: Advanced Instrumental Pedagogy
  14. Chapter 8: Rehearsing and Performing with Young Ensembles
  15. Chapter 9: Getting Help
  16. Part IV: Planning, Management, and Assessment
  17. Chapter 10: Recruiting and Retaining Students and Their Families
  18. Chapter 11: Selecting Great Equipment
  19. Chapter 12: Philosophy, Curriculum, and Planning
  20. Chapter 13: Rules, Procedures, and Classroom Management
  21. Chapter 14: Assessment
  22. Appendix A: Sample Band Handbook
  23. Appendix B: Sample Discipline Log
  24. Appendix C: Beginning-Snare Method Books
  25. Appendix D: Beginning-Band Method Books
  26. Appendix E: Sample Trip Itinerary
  27. About the Author