Expand your music learning and musicianship skills with this comprehensive guide to music instruction. Whether you're a self-taught music enthusiast, a dedicated music student, or an experienced music teacher, this book is your helpful companion. Inside, you'll find a harmonious blend of practical insights and theoretical foundations. Unlike traditional music books, this guide embraces the Kodály philosophy of 'learning by making.' It means you'll dive straight into music practice from the very first chapter, gradually weaving in essential theory. As you embark on your musical journey, remember that the heart of music lies in enjoyment, celebration, and sharing! Using years of musical experience and a deep passion for teaching, the authors present a personal perspective on music education enriched by insights from the acclaimed Kodály approach to pedagogy. As a result, the book travels through singing (with lots of helpful tips and how-to-improve advice), vocal improvisation, hand signs, and many other tools and exercises to develop musicianship skills. You've got this because you've got this book and you've got the music in you. By design and intelligent execution, _I Got Music_ will help you immensely! The great thing about this book is it's designed to be great for musicians teaching themselves more about "really getting" music, but to prove equally terrific for instructors assigned to teaching music. While centered on sharing the Kodály way of instruction,it's been carefully engineered to help musicians “get in the groove” and sing and improvise intuitively. It is planned to serve also as a first resource for instructors suddenly assigned to teach music to elementary students. We are sure it will be exceptionally useful, in particular, for instructors who can’t obtain expensive textbooks about the Kodály way but wish to utilize it. It is written to help anyone assigned to teach music as an extra subject on top of their other classroom duties. It’s even designed for anyone who admires the Kodály method with its emphasis on working respectfully with local cultures and traditions by using a carefully gathered folk-music repertoire to instruct students through movement and singing, and often in chorale settings. So if you missed out on the advantages of learning the Kodály method in early childhood, it isn't too late to get all the benefits and share them with others. While centered on sharing the Kodály way, given its enduring popularity and the extensive documentation for its effectiveness as a teaching approach, this book is compatible with most other methods of teaching and learning music. In every chapter you’ll find useful information contrasted with years of music-teaching experience, and with a respectful eye to the other excellent teaching methods, such as Orff-Schulwerk, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and the Suzuki Method, to name just a few. Music books usually go from theory to eventually making music, but here you'll find real-life practice comes first. Thus, we explain practice and complement it with theory. Almost immediately you'll be “learning by making” as the Kodály method urges. So even if you have zero experience in this field, you’ll find guides and fresh practices that fit your case. As the book goes on, we keep bouncing between theory and practice, considering many aspects of music instruction and sharing the most essential instruction. You should likewise feel free to bounce from one aspect to another and skip any chapter or part about things that you've long-since mastered. So enjoy the process! Don’t pretend to be a blank canvas, awaiting someone’s paint brushes. In the end, music is about having fun, enjoying life, and sharing with others. So relax! You’ve got the music in you, as everyone does, and with this book's sharing of practice and guidance, you can let it out!
