Hear, listen, play!: how to free your student's aural, improvisation and performance skills

Hear, Listen, Play! is for all music teachers who are unfamiliar with, yet curious about the worlds of ear-playing, informal learning, improvisation, and vernacular musics. Based on years of systematic research, it provides a simple, flexible way for teachers to explore those worlds with students across instrumental, band and classroom contexts.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the Text -- Note on the Companion Website -- Introduction -- How could informal learning practices relate to formal music education? -- The organisation and use of the handbook -- The audio materials: an overview -- Why informal learning? -- Why popular music? -- How do popular musicians learn? -- PART 1 HeLP IN INSTRUMENTAL SETTINGS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 HeLP in instrumental settings: preliminary practicalities -- 3 HeLP in instrumental settings: the basic steps -- 4 some possible combinations and orders of stages: instrumental tuition -- 5 How are students likely to respond? -- 6 Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in instrumental settings -- 7 What were the overall views of the participants? -- PART 2 HeLP IN ENSEMBLE SETTINGS: BANDS, ORCHESTRAS, AND OTHER GROUPS -- 8 Introduction -- 9 HeLP in ensemble settings: preliminary practicalities -- 10 HeLP in ensemble settings: the basic steps -- 11 How are students likely to respond? -- 12 Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP ensemble settings -- 13 What were the overall views of the participants? -- PART 3 HeLP IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS -- 14 Introduction -- 15 HeLP in classroom settings: preliminary practicalities -- 16 HeLP in classroom settings: the basic steps -- 17 some possible combinations and orders of stages: the classroom context -- 18 How are students likely to respond? -- 19 Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP classroom settings -- 20 What were the overall views of the participants? -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A: Findings from an aural test experiment -- Appendix B: The research behind this handbook -- Appendix C: Related work on informal music learning and formal music education -- Appendix D: Websites -- Appendix E: Audio track list -- Appendix F: Recording credits.