The Instrumental Music Director's Guide to Comprehensive Program Development
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- 2014
Summary
The Instrumental Music Director’s Guide to Comprehensive Program Development gives practical solutions to the many issues that confront music directors. The topics addressed include:
A review of tests which can be used to develop an all-inclusive student profile identifying strengths and weaknesses as a prologue to preparing individualized curricula
A discussion of the “informed approach” predicated on understanding relationships among music, logical deduction, and the acoustic sciences thereby accelerating the learning process in music, increasing the knowledge base, and developing cognitive skills that can be applied to other studies
A measuring process used toaccurately calculate the size of a beginning student in relation to the size of the selected instrument to ensure the two will be compatible
A procedure for introducing students to the many different instruments
The protocol for developing a symbiotic dealer/teacher relationship that will ensure a smooth running program fully equipped throughout the year
Purchasing, renting, and caring for instruments and all administrative tasks which are the backbone of a successful school instrumental music program
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2014
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-1288-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-1289-3
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 146
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Introduction No access
- 1 The Defined Instrument-Selection Process No access Pages 1 - 4
- 2 A Brief Overview of Testing for Musical Instrument Learners No access Pages 5 - 12
- 3 The Informed Approach No access Pages 13 - 18
- 4 The Common Core and the Constructivist Approach No access Pages 19 - 22
- 5 Supplementary String Lesson Material No access Pages 23 - 38
- 6 Supplementary Woodwind Lesson Material No access Pages 39 - 44
- 7 Supplementary Brass Lesson Material No access Pages 45 - 50
- 8 Supplementary Percussion Lesson Material No access Pages 51 - 52
- 9 Meet the Instruments No access Pages 53 - 56
- 10 The Measuring Process No access Pages 57 - 70
- 11 The Dealer/Teacher Relationship No access Pages 71 - 74
- 12 Buying Instruments for School Use No access Pages 75 - 78
- 13 Buying String Instruments No access Pages 79 - 86
- 14 Buying a Bow No access Pages 87 - 90
- 15 Buying Brass Instruments No access Pages 91 - 98
- 16 Buying Woodwind Instruments No access Pages 99 - 104
- 17 Buying Percussion Instruments No access Pages 105 - 114
- 18 Renting Instruments No access Pages 115 - 120
- 19 String Instrument Care No access Pages 121 - 128
- 20 Woodwind Instrument Care No access Pages 129 - 132
- 21 Brass Instrument Care No access Pages 133 - 136
- 22 Percussion Instrument Care No access Pages 137 - 142
- Conclusion No access Pages 143 - 144
- About the Author No access Pages 145 - 146





