Teaching Jazz
Teaching Jazz

Author:

Publisher: R & L Education

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781565451025

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This book provides guidance on starting a jazz-oriented program in conjunction with any existing program. Organized in six levels from Beginner to Advanced, it is suitable for any age or grade level and is designed so students and teachers can work at their own pace. Developed by the International Association for Jazz Education Curriculum Committee. A publication of IAJE and MENC.

Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Author: Stephanie Stein Crease

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1556527241

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Duke Ellington, one of the most influential figures in American music, comes alive in this comprehensive biography with engaging activities. Ellington was an accomplished and influential jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and cultural diplomat. Activities include creating a ragtime rhythm, making a washtub bass, writing song lyrics, thinking like an arranger, and learning to dance the Lindy Hop. It explores Ellington's life and career along with many topics related to African American history, including the Harlem Renaissance. Kids will learn about the musical evolution of jazz that coincided with Ellington's long life from ragtime through the big band era on up to the 1970s. Kids learn how music technology has changed over the years from piano rolls to record albums through CDs, television, and portable music devices. The extensive resources include a time line, glossary, list of Ellington's greatest recordings, related books, Web sites, and DVDs for further study.

Adventures in Jazz
Adventures in Jazz

Author: WILLIE MYETTE

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-03-11

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1610657101

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This book was inspired by the need for catchy jazz repertoire suited for small hands while remaining fun and challenging for students of all ages. the pieces in this book provide students with fragmented ideas for use in later improvisational studies. the simple harmonic progressions of these pieces also lend themselves easily to transposition, an idea that most students are not exposed to in beginning studies. the accompanying CD demonstrates each piece. the pieces can be used with any methodology as a springboard for students' improvisation and composition, or as part of the larger JazzKids curriculum (www.jazzkids.com), which offers opportunities for musical excitement and expression by augmenting traditional reading skills with original jazz repertoire, improvisation, performance, and parental involvement.

The Ultimate Jazz Method
The Ultimate Jazz Method

Author: Thaddeus Exposé

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-06

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578690780

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THE ULTIMATE JAZZ MEDTHOD is very unique in structure and provides an abundance of information. The structure grew from my extremely successful experience with children who had never played a musical instrument before my class and had never heard of jazz. This jazz method curriculum is a vehicle for developing improvisational skills, theory, history and language that meets the objective to play jazz. It is a self-contained book with 12 sequential lessons for middle and high school students. Each lesson covers an era of jazz beginning with the early period, the blues. The student's edition is self-guided with objectives, goals, theory, melodic patterns, quizzes and tunes with traditional chord progressions that represent each period of jazz. It is well constructed and easy to follow for anyone who is not experienced or an expert in the field of jazz music. A teacher could review and prepare a lesson within ten minutes prior to class. In addition, the history, quiz and recording section of this curriculum is recommended for cross curriculum teaching in history and English classes.

Education as Jazz
Education as Jazz

Author: Marina Santi

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1443892041

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The result of an international event celebrating the second UNESCO International Jazz Day held on April 30 2013 at the University of Padova, Italy, this book represents the development of a project begun some years before to investigate the issue of improvisation, considered as a multi-faced concept and practice. The initial focus of this project was to discuss the different meanings attributed to the concept of improvisation, starting from questioning the common misunderstanding which interprets improvisation as a naïve behaviour rather than high-level performance. According with these premises, Education as Jazz represents a metaphor and a challenge, exploring the potential of jazz conceived not only as kind of music or art, but rather as a mix of values, attitudes, and skills fundamental in everyday life and in human development. As such, the book adopts an interdisciplinary perspective and a multidimensional approach. According to the rationale of the UNESCO International Jazz Day, which highlights the role of jazz in promoting peaceful societies, intercultural dialogue, gender equality, and innovative spirit, this book offers a concrete educational resource and theoretical framework oriented towards a new pedagogy for freedom.

Teaching Music to Children
Teaching Music to Children

Author: Blair Bielawski

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0787780413

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This valuable resource is designed to give elementary teachers with no formal music training all the tools they need to help their students develop an understanding of and appreciation for music. This book includes lessons, reproducible games, worksheets and puzzles. Also included are MP3 files that feature over 60 minutes of music and a complete PowerPoint presentation. The book follows a well-sequenced curriculum based on the National Standards for Music Education in the United States and the Ontario Curriculum for the Arts in Canada.

Jazz Baby
Jazz Baby

Author: Lisa Wheeler

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780152025229

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Baby and his family make some jazzy music.