Research Catalog

Title

Norton guide to teaching music theory / edited by Rachel Lumsden, Jeffrey Swinkin.

Publication

• New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lumsden, Rachel, 1977-
• Swinkin, Jeffrey

Description

xv, 384 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm

Summary

The ultimate resource for music theory teachers and pedagogy classes. Featuring twenty-three essays by outstanding teacher-scholars on topics ranging from feminist pedagogy to Schenkerian theory, The Norton Guide to Teaching Music Theory is a comprehensive resource for music theory pedagogy. With a range of pedagogical perspectives, this cutting-edge volume serves as an invaluable reference for theory teachers. The text explores the full range of topics typically covered in theory pedagogy courses and incorporates the latest research. Every chapter engages with both the theory and practice of teaching. - Back cover.

Alternative Title

Teaching music theory

Subject

• Music theory > Instruction and study

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Rachel Lumsden and Jeffrey Swinkin -- Part I : Primary topics in written theory -- The practice of music theory, and music theory versus practice / L. Poundie Burstein -- Teaching historical counterpoint / Peter Schubert -- Managing the big picture : adventures in classical form / Seth Monahan -- Finding one's place : music scrambles and formal function / Alan Gosman -- Integrating Schenkerian concepts with the undergraduate theory curriculum / Sarah Marlowe -- Ten tips for teaching post-tonal theory / Joseph N. Straus -- Teaching mathematical techniques in music theory / Julian Hook -- Part II : Aural and performance skills -- Teaching music theory through a cognitive lens / Janet Bourne -- Engaging the moving body in the music theory/aural skills classroom / Diane Urista -- Teaching post-tonal aural skills / Brian Alegant -- Pedagogical pianism in the music theory classroom / Michael Callahan -- Activating aural imagery through keyboard harmony / Roger Graybill -- Connecting analysis and performance through music theory pedagogy / Daphne Leong -- Part III : Expanding the canon -- Pop-rock pedagogy : composition, performance, transcription, and analysis in the undergraduate theory core / Brad Osborn -- Jazz theory's pragmatics / Chris Stover -- Considering race and ethnicity in the music theory classroom / Ellie M. Hisama -- Teaching world music in the music theory core / Jane Piper Clendinning -- Part IV : New approaches -- Teaching music theory with video / Anna Gawboy -- Incorporating writing into music theory courses / Lynne Rogers -- Enriching classroom discussions : some strategies from feminist pedagogy / Rachel Lumsden -- Engaging first-year music theory students through UDL (Universal Design for Learning) / Jeffrey L. Gillespie -- Teaching by example : experiential dimensions of the theory classroom / Jeffrey Swinkin -- What I know now : reflections on music theory pedagogy / Elizabeth West Marvin.

Call Number

JME 18-227

ISBN

• 9780393624397
• 0393624390

LCCN

2017056170

OCLC

1005683463

Title

Norton guide to teaching music theory / edited by Rachel Lumsden, Jeffrey Swinkin.

Publisher

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Lumsden, Rachel, 1977- editor.

Swinkin, Jeffrey, editor.

Research Call Number

JME 18-227