The three approaches of Carl Orff, Zoltan Kodaly, and Shinichi Suzuki to early childhood education can be successfully fused to provide a foundation for a total music curriculum from the nursery to secondary school. Basically, Orff suggests that rhythmic patterns should be experienced in children's natural language as they improvise melodies and harmonies from nursery rhymes and supplement their musical awareness with simple, Orff-designed musical instruments. Kodaly approaches the understanding of musical concepts through the human voice and suggests a broad curriculum based on children's singing, playing, listening, moving rhythmically, and creating their own music. Suzuki, whose approach to violin playing can be transferred to other instruments, suggests that children should be provided with a controlled musical environment from birth, with their parents and teachers guiding them through graded materials which progress parallel to their linguistic development. Such a learning program can meet children's musical needs by developing their aural sensitivity, pitch discrimination, and rhythmic responses at each level of their understanding. (JB)
- Authorizing Institution
- New York State Education Dept., Albany, Bureau of Music Education.
- Peer Reviewed
- F
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- United States of America
Table of Contents
- DESCRIPTORS 1
- IDENTIFIERS 1
- DOCUMENT RESUME 1
- TE 499 857 1
- Major New Movements in Elementary School Music Education Report on a One-Day Statewide New York State Education Dept. Albany Bureau of 1
- Applied Music Curriculum Planning Elementary Education Language Rhythm Musical Instruments Music Appreciation Music Education Musicians Music Techniques Music Theory Singing Teaching 1
- Techniques Vocal Music Kodaly Zoltan Orff Carl Suzuki Shinichi 1
- ABSTRACT 1
- President Education 3
- Assistant Commissioner 3
- Anderson 3
- Miss Anastasia Jempelis Donald Shetler Miss Diana Wilson Lawrence 5
- TEACHER 4 10
- Snap 11
- Stamp 11
- The half 16
- This same 19
- Violins and 24
- Tillson Diana. A Second Year Progreep Report on the Suzuki 24
- Teaching in 24