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The use of pattern and echo in developing the creative abilities of secondary school pupils.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Charles Byrne
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Abstract

This paper reflects on the musical skills and abilities required of the improvising musician and suggests some possible strategies to help school music teachers enable children to develop improvisational skills. The writer includes musical materials which exemplify his own suggested teaching and learning approach and which aim to develop the musical memory of performers.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Music Education , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , July 1996 , pp. 143 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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