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    “High” doesn’t mean loud: Clearing up the confusion

    Pitch and rhythm are a great pair in early childhood music. Students often use the words “high” and “low” to talk about “loud” and “quiet”, which we want to sort out as early as possible. Teaching in an international school,

    Janine 5. June 202124. September 2023 Assessment No Comments Read more

    The Listening Walk, Part III: Following a Score

    Now that the students had inquired into how they could make their observed environmental sounds into musical sounds (inspired by Paul Showers’ The Listening Walk; see my Part I and Part II posts), we took it a step further. We visualized the

    Janine 30. April 20159. August 2015 Group activity, Inquiry, Performance 2 Comments Read more

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