Title: Teaching Traditional Music: Authenticity, Context, Presentation
Abstract:As we are nearing the 21st century our students will live in a new world in which global communication and intercultural understanding could become the core elements of survival of the society. The ta...As we are nearing the 21st century our students will live in a new world in which global communication and intercultural understanding could become the core elements of survival of the society. The task of today's music educators is to promote 'musical understanding' by developing effective ways of teaching music of the world to their students. One of the directions music educators could take in their search for answers for the future, is to take quality authentic music material, set in context of its mother culture, and presented in an interactive multimedia environment using modern computer technology. This paper describes a program of computer-assisted instruction for teaching a genre of Russian traditional music - calendric, or seasonal songs. The program, called Voices of the Russian Calendar, is intended for students who are able to learn individually.Read More
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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