Playing by Ear: Foundation or Frill?

Autor/in	Woody, Robert H.
Titel	Playing by Ear: Foundation or Frill?
Quelle	In: Music Educators Journal, 99 (2012) 2, S.82-88 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0027-4321
DOI	10.1177/0027432112459199
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Human Body; Musicians; Music Reading; Creative Activities; Performance; Music Activities; Teaching Methods; Cognitive Processes; Learning Strategies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Menschlicher Körper; Musiker; Musizieren; Achievement; Leistung; Musikalische Aktion; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie
Abstract	Many people divide musicians into two types: those who can read music and those who play by ear. Formal music education tends to place great emphasis on producing musically literate performers but devotes much less attention to teaching students to make music without notation. Some would suggest that playing by ear is a specialized skill that is useful only to jazz and popular musicians. There are, however, many reasons to reconsider this position. Around the world, aural transmission of music and ear-based performance are the norm. Music pedagogues have described ear playing as a necessary developmental precursor to becoming a truly fluent music reader. Research supports the idea that playing by ear is a foundational skill that contributes to other aspects of musicianship, including improvising, sight-reading, and performing from memory. Ear playing has even been shown to be a contributor to skilled performance of rehearsed music, the traditional mainstay of school music. Ear-driven activities can involve student musicians in composing and arranging, musical collaboration with peers, and lifelong individual artistic expression. (Contains 18 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10