SKU: GI.G-J383
Composed by Alison
Reynolds, Cynthia
Taggart, and Wendy H.
Valerio. Jump Right In.
Music Education. 494
pages. GIA Publications
#J383. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-J383).
ISBN
9781622775408.
Thro
ugh engaging children
using Music Play 2,
adults may build
relationships with
newborn and young
children, additional
family members, and other
adults as they joyfully
make music together,
affirm and nurture
newborn and young
children’s innate
capacities for expressive
musicking and movement,
and honor and extend
young children’s
expressed musical
curiosities, ideas, and
audeas (musical thoughts
and ideas), helping them
realize that their
musical identities are
worth sharing,
developing, and
preserving. Music Play 2
materials function in
companion with Music Play
(GIA, 1998) and Edwin
Gordon’s Music
Learning Theory for
Newborn and Young
Children (GIA, 2013).
Music Play 2Â (494
pages) is bundled into
two parts, Part A and
Part B. The following are
the features of each
part: Â Part A (264
pages) Part B (229 pages)
Tribute to Edwin Gordon
Guiding Newborn and Young
Children’s Innate
Music Capacities Guiding
Young Children Through
Types and Stages of
Preparatory Audiation:
The Materials Using Music
Play 2 Inclusion: All
Children and Their
Families (Salvador) 45
Extended Music Engagement
Plans, each with a music
selection (i.e., song,
song/chant combination,
or chant) in a wide
variety of tonalities and
meters, and prototypical
examples of social-music
and movement play in
relation to
Gordon’s three
types of preparatory
audiation. Each song has
a chord root or bass-line
melody notated, singable
as an additional part, as
well as chord functions
to guide harmonic
accompaniment to the
melody. Each plan
features More Audeas for
Music Play, such as tonal
pattern and/or rhythm
pattern examples for each
type of preparatory
audiation, supplemental
harmonic and rhythm
accompaniments to add to
the music selection, and
More Ideas for Music
Play, such as examples of
ways to connect Music
Play 2 activities to
PK–2 2014 Music
Standards, and one
inclusion strategy in a
Domain of Learning.
Guidance for teaching
chord root or bass line
melodies and additional
harmony parts, and
chordal accompaniments.
Complete listing of all
PK–2 2014 Music
Standards, along with
which extended music
engagement plans feature
each standard. Indices:
Comprehensive Index
Headings, Music Play
(1998) and Music Play 2
Comprehensive Index of
Music Selections
Alphabetized by Type and
Title: Music Play (1998)
and Music Play 2 Modified
Comprehensive Index,
Music Play 2: Parts A and
B Music Play 2: Part A
Music Selections
Alphabetized by Type and
Title Music Play 2: Part
A Music Selections
Alphabetized by Title 71
Music Engagement Plans,
each with a music
selection (i.e., song,
song/chant combination,
or chant) in a wide
variety of tonalities and
meters, and prototypical
examples of social-music
and movement play in
relation to
Gordon’s three
types of preparatory
audiation. Each song has
a chord root or bass-line
melody notated, singable
as an additional part, as
well as chord functions
to guide harmonic
accompaniment to the
melody. Apply More Audeas
and More Ideas you
discover using Part A to
music selections and
engagement plans in Part
B. Part B features
tonalites and meters
unique to music
selections in Part B, and
“Helloâ€
and/or
“Goodbyeâ€
music selections.
Guidance for teaching
chord root or bass line
melodies and additional
harmony parts, and
chordal accompaniments.
Editor and Contributor
List (83 total) An
11-page, comprehensive
bibliography and resource
list to support
researchers and
practitioners and promote
their audiation-based
social-music and movement
play with others,
especially during early
childhood. Indices:
Comprehensive Index
Headings: Music Play
(1998) and Music Play 2
Comprehensive Index of
Music Selections
Alphabetized by Type and
Title: Music Play (1998)
and Music Play 2 Modified
Comprehensive Index,
Music Play 2: Parts A and
B Music Play 2: Part B
Music Selections
Alphabetized by Type and
Title Music Play 2: Part
B Music Selections
Alphabetized by Title
Download Music Play 2
Extended Indexes (free)
 Music Play 2 is a
welcomed contribution for
all who are concerned
with appropriately
guiding children’s
musical
understandings—par
ents, teachers, and
caregivers. The book is
extremely well organized
with an excellent balance
of theory and practice.
The theoretical
underpinnings of Music
Play 2 are presented in a
“user
friendly†manner,
the lessons are easy to
follow and adapt for
individual
children’s needs
and level of development,
the numerous songs and
chants represent a wide
variety of tonalities and
meters, and an extensive
section on inclusion and
inclusive practices has
been added. Music Play 2
will be the resource I
use for my early
childhood music classes!
—Joanne Rutkowski,
Ph.D., Professor
Emeritus, Music Education
  The
Pennsylvania State
University This book had
me interested from the
table of contents onward.
The lessons are detailed
and ready to use in the
classroom. I love that
there are tonal and
rhythmic patterns to go
with each song or chant.
This is truly a resource
that will delight
children and teachers as
it is easy to use,
appropriate for young
children, and
pedagogically sound. When
I finished, I was ready
to jump back into
teaching early childhood
music. Fantastic!
—Alice M. Hammel,
Ph.D. Â Â James
Madison University Music
Play 2 is devoted to the
wonder of young
children’s musical
development. The authors
have adeptly woven theory
and practice, offering a
treasure trove of fresh,
accessible lesson plans
developed by leading
researchers and
practitioners in the
field of early childhood
music. An excellent,
indispensable resource
with original and
high-quality music
content, Music Play 2 is
essential for all
providers of music for
young children, and sure
to be used time and time
again. —Suzanne L.
Burton, Ph.D., Professor
of Music Education Â
 University of
Delaware.