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Musical Notation in Secondary Education: Some Aspects of Theory and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Paul Terry
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Abstract

The teaching of musical notation is now a legal requirement of the National Curriculum for music in England and Wales. Far from settling the debate over the desirability, or otherwise, of teaching notation, this aspect of the legislation seems to make a review of the problem imperative.

This article examines theories of music as a language analogous to the spoken or written word, and then considers the practical and sociological arguments for and against the teaching of staff notation.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , July 1994 , pp. 99 - 111
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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