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Date Posted: 16:46:39 02/01/06 Wed
Author: John Padley
Subject: Tone and listening skills vs. notes, rhythms, and music

After attending a session at the OMEA convention by Jeff King about how to develop ensemble listening skills and developing good tone, I have been questioning what is most important in ensembles. Most conductors, especially at the beginning elementary and jr. high/middle school levels focus on teaching the notes and rhythms. Mr. King focuses primarily on developing ensemble listening skills and tone. From his sessions, I am beginning to change my philosophy to emphasize listening skills and tone quality/production and expect the other skills (notes, rhythms, etc.) to come naturally and secondary. What does everyone else think of this concept?

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[> Re: Tone and listening skills vs. notes, rhythms, and music -- Benjamin Lupo, 20:15:04 02/01/06 Wed [1]

I think that its an interesting idea. The school of thought that I was brought up with focused on teaching notes and rhythms at the elementary and middle school levels. The method I was trained in (obviously) makes more sense to me. Without a strong understanding of the notes and rhythms, it seems to me that ensemble listening and tone would get lost in the confusion of trying to figure out what's going on. But again, that may be because I was taught using the opposite approach... (It would probably result in some amazing tone quality and listening skills by the time those students moved on to college)

It would be interesting to see how this would affect an early childhood/early-adolecent classroom. What did Mr. (or Dr.) King find happens using this method in practice?


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