In addition to the models presented, students learn to play guitar and recorder and must provide their own instruments for this course. Various methods and materials available for use in public schools, developmental ranges, transposition, scoring, and idiomatic writing for the string family are investigated. Various methods and materials available for use in public schools, developmental ranges, transposition, scoring, and idiomatic writing are investigated. This course focuses on the development of musical skills and creativity in young children. Techniques are presented for developing accurate singing in head voice, teaching children to improvise and compose, and building children's musical skills, including reading, analyzing, and critically listening to music and responding to music through movement.
Students teach actual music lesson in class and in the field under faculty supervision.
It is recommended that students complete SP273 or SP274 before taking ME295. Based on the study of the secondary school student's interests and needs, this course deals extensively with middle and senior high school music curricula, the general music class, ensembles, rehearsal and performance techniques, and the music teacher and music program in the school and community. It is recommended that students complete SP273 or SP274 before taking ME395. Reference is made to the similarities between the teaching of reading and the teaching of music reading. Practical experience is included.