Year: 2015
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This chapter discusses what it means for a child to be “musically literate.” It focuses on the fundamental aspects of learning to use traditional staff notation, and how children develop their capacity to make music, reflect on the music in which they are engaged, express their views on music which they play, hear, or create, speak about and listen to music in order to form judgments, and read, write, comprehend, and interpret staff notation. The chapter shows how conceptions of being “musically literate” are fraught with problems related to defining what is meant by music and the various situations in which children might be engaged musically. It is also suggested that reading staff notation is not a prerequisite for successful engagement with and appreciation of music, and that an exclusive concentration on reading has held back the progress of countless learners, while putting many others off completely.
Source: Oxford University Press eBooks
Authors: Janet Mills, Gary E. McPherson
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2496843914