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Ear Training and Music Reading Methods Used by Philip C. Hayden

其他書名	Music Literacy Through Rhythm Forms
出版	University of Mississippi, 2008
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UJFIswEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Abstract: The important role of Philip C. Hayden in the formation of MENC: The National Association for Music Education has been well documented. Though his music reading method through rhythm forms is no longer in use, the broad principles he employed are still applied by music educators today. Hayden based his music teaching on the premise that students should be educated in ear training before they are exposed to eye training. For this reason, he proposed teaching melodic concepts through the use of rhythm forms. The rhythm forms were based on frequently occurring tonal patterns paired with rudimentary rhythms. The seven rhythm forms employed by Hayden were presented in a sequential manner and advanced from easier to more difficult as the students progressed through the grades. One fundamental idea in the study of the rhythm forms was the use of the beat as a unit. Hayden's method differed from previously established methods by grouping rhythm into patterns as they related to the beat. This method also differed from previous music teaching by eliminating the tapping or clapping of the beat while students practiced rhythmic sets. Hayden believed that repeated practice would impart a sense of meter in the students' minds without having to clap the beat. The tonal patterns paired with rhythm forms were taught through imitation, dictation, and improvisation. Only after the students had abundant experience with a specified form were they allowed to read them in printed music. Through the use of the rhythm forms, Hayden believed that all students should develop the understanding of all musical elements through reading and dictation by the eighth grade. Hayden's method is similar to a current music reading method, the Kodály approach. The use of the beat as a unit is common in classrooms using the Kodály approach as well as sequencing instruction based on previously learned material. Writings from School Music and School Music Monthly, of which Hayden was editor and publisher, provide insight into this teaching method. These works, as well as other writings and speeches from Hayden, explain the passion and motivation behind his teaching methods.