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Edwin E. Gordon
Preparatory Audiation, Audiation,
and Music Learning Theory
In this essential book, noted author and researcher
Edwin E. Gordon brings to one volume a comprehensive
discussion of how we learn to audiate—to think
and give meaning to music—from birth through
adulthood.
Central to this book is a detailed look at how the
five stages of audiation function in relation to
the eight types of audiation, along with side-by-side
comparisons of audiation, preparatory audiation, and
Music Learning Theory.
Dr. Gordon also delves into subjects previously
discussed without much detail or not at all. These
topics include the difference between music content
and context, the importance of breathing and body
movement while performing, the whole-part-whole
approach to music learning, the influence of music
aptitudes and individual differences on learning to develop audiation skills, the urgent
need for music educators to develop sequential curriculums for music students, and the
nature of music research itself.
These in-depth writings from one of the most respected music educators of our time
are sure to compel educators to evaluate their classrooms and extend new ideas into their
curriculum and teaching.
G-5726 Hardcover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$24.00
See page 107 for The Ways Children Learn Music by Eric Bluestine
Rhythm: Contrasting the
Implications of Audiation and
Notation
This important book is the first of its kind to
provide a thorough framework for examining
rhythm—what it is and how it should best be
understood.
This book covers topics such as the definition of
rhythm, audiation, the meaning of tempo, movement,
improvisation, rhythm solfege, notation, usual and
unusual meters, and many other related subjects.
G-5511 Hardcover with compact disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32.50
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