SKU: GI.G-10046
According to the
principles of Music
Learning Theory.
Composed by Andrea
Apostoli and Elena
Papini. Music Learning
Theory (MLT). Music
Education. 64 pages. GIA
Publications #10046.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10046).
ISBN
9781622774036.
This
collection of more than
170 songs and chants
without words, including
six previously
unavailable in North
America composed by Edwin
E. Gordon, is for anyone
looking for more songs
organized by tonality and
meter to use in their
Music Learning
Theory-based classes.
Like the first volume,
these songs and chants
are an excellent resource
for bringing young
children through the
various stages of
preparatory audiation,
from acculturation to
imitation and
assimilation. The
melodies in this
collection are organized
by tonality: major,
minor, Dorian, Phrygian,
Lydian, Mixolydian,
Aeolian, Locrian,
multitonal/multimodal,
chants are organized by
meter: duple meter,
triple meter, unusual
paired meter, unusual
unpaired meter, and
multi-metric. As with the
first volume, these songs
and chants present a rich
and varied musical
syntax, and they are also
a great way to hold a
child’s attention.
Intentionally without
lyrics (so children
concentrate on the music
and are not distracted by
the words), these songs
should be sung by an
adult using a
conversational and
relational approach
rather than as a formal
musical performance. If
left free to move around
the classroom and to
enact movements while
listening to these songs,
young children will
spontaneously babble and
vocalize—the
earliest forms of
autonomous
“creation†in
response to the music.
Enjoy! Andrea Apostoli is
an author, musician, and
educator living in Italy.
He is president of the
Italian Gordon
Association for Music
Learning (aigam.org).
Elena Papini is trainer
and supervisor for the
Italian Gordon
Association for Music
Learning (aigam.org). She
is also a Music Moves for
Piano instructor and
Director of the Amadeus
School. .