Uke Can Do It! (eBook)

Developing Your School Ukulele Program

Philip Tamberino (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
130 Seiten
R&L Education (Verlag)
978-1-4758-0417-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Affordable, versatile, portable, and popular once again, the ukulele is an ideal instrument for lifelong music making that can also be an engaging component of school music programs. At the elementary or secondary level, students can use the ukulele to explore everything from music theory, improvisation, composition, and ear training, to repertoire that includes contemporary popular music. At a lesser expense than any other instrument which can do as much, the ukulele is perfect for breathing fresh air into any music program.Uke Can Do It provides everything music educators need to develop a ukulele program in their school, including:* A guide for first-time ukulele buyers* Beginner instruction in how to play the ukulele* Playlists of ukulele music by top performers* Strategies for proposing and outfitting a ukulele program* Classroom management tips* Support for use with special learners* Learning sequences in ukulele technique* Ideas for classroom use and performance* Scales and chord charts with fingering

Autor

Philip Tamberino is developer of the first known classroom ukulele programs in the New York metro area and teaches classroom, instrumental, and vocal music in public school.

Inhalt

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: Getting Started1. OverviewWhat is the Ukulele?Where Can the Ukulele Fit In Schools?Why Include the Ukulele in Music Education?2. Becoming Ukulele LiterateGetting Your Own UkuleleBasics of Playing the UkuleleListening GuideWho’s Who?Next Steps3. Starting a School ProgramWhat is Your Goal?Making a Pitch Funding and Parental InvolvementGuidelines for Student InstrumentsPART II: Up and Running4. Classroom ManagementSetting Up the RoomUsing Shared InstrumentsTuning InstrumentsLanguage and TerminologyManaging Student BehaviorPromoting Home PracticeMaintenance and Repairs 5. Introducing Students to the UkuleleAccommodating (Special) LearnersFirst Session with Instruments6. Technical Sequence Strumming and PickingFretting and Related Techniques7. Applications in Classroom MusicReading RhythmsReading Treble Staff PitchesMatching Pitch While SingingAnalyzing HarmonyRecognizing Intervals, Chords, and Chord Changes by EarImprovisingComposingIllustrating Acoustic Principles and Music Theory ConceptsAccompanying Students in Dalcroze/Music-and-Movement ActivitiesIncorporating Ukulele into Orff Schulwerk Activities8. Ukuleles in PerformanceChoosing RepertoireArranging MusicChord “Tricks”AccompanimentPromoting the ProgramAppendixOne- and Two-Chord SongsBeginner ChordsBeginner Chords (modified)Scales150 Chords Diagrams with FingeringGlossaryIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-0417-2 / 1475804172
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-0417-1 / 9781475804171