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SPONTANEOUS MUSIC MAKING IN THE GENERAL MUSIC CLASSROOM Martina Vasil, doctoral student West Virginia University [email protected] Mountain Lake Colloquium

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  • SPONTANEOUS MUSIC MAKING IN THE GENERAL MUSIC CLASSROOM Martina Vasil, doctoral student West Virginia University [email protected] Mountain Lake Colloquium 2013
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  • Overly rigid and sequenced instruction can have a negative impact on learning (Benedict, 2009)
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  • Childrens musical cultures are unique Children may react in various ways to musical stimuli Honoring and using childrens perspectives of music, this is the root from which all later musicality can grow and flourish (Moorhead & Pond, 1941) Imperative to music teacher education
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  • Sohow DO children make music? Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist: Number 1, 1950. Oil on canvas, Oil, enamel, and aluminum on canvas; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Creative Improvised Spontaneous
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  • Creative music making Investing objects with a new form; creating rather than imitating (Merriam-Webster, 2012) Improvised music making Composing, reciting, arranging, making, or playing impromptu (Merriam-Webster, 2012) An improvised response puts the full responsibility for the music being made on the person/s making it, and for the entire duration of its making (Curran, 2006, p. 483)
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  • Spontaneous music making Voluntary or involuntary actions or movements (Merriam-Webster, 2012) Natural impulses, physical/emotive responses to music (Bereson, 2005) Responses that are not teacher- directed
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  • Which one are YOU doing? 1. Creative 2. Improvised 3. Spontaneous "Musiciens aux masques by Pablo Picasso 1921, oil on canvas. New York, NY.
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  • Spontaneous music making How would children engage in spontaneous music making? How would the teacher respond to childrens spontaneous music making?
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  • How did children spontaneously make music? Rhythmic responses Raindrops, raindrops, fall-ing down Rain on the green grass Rain on the trees Rain on the rooftops But not on me Old King Glory
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  • Vocalizations (sung words, solfge patterns, spoken dialogue) Rain coming down from the clouds Sol mi sol mi do Hmmmm hmm hmmmm
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  • Spoken Responses Im listening for the beat Play it again! Thats a hard rain Nice to meet you Hi, how are you? Hello! Hello!
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  • Rhythmic movement
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  • Exploratory movement Pretending Modifying Props
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  • Teacher response to spontaneity ENCOURAGING Teacher as facilitator Student cues Safe environment Active learning Student choice Ask for ideas
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  • How can this help? Use spontaneity to: Develop new ideas for classroom experiences Promote student ideas Understand how children learn music Incorporate student interests and skills
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  • Rhythmically Rhythm vs beat Ostinatos Vocalizations Invent songs Experiment with solfge patterns Choose a melody to hum while lining up for class Spoken responses Students have time to discuss what they hear Time for improvised dialogue and interaction with stimuli Understand how children learn music Incorporate student interests and skills Develop new ideas for classroom experiences Promote student ideas
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  • Rhythmic movement Encourage rhythmic movement during imaginative play New ways to do rhythmic patterns Exploratory movement Play with props Free movement to music
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  • How understanding spontaneity can benefit music teacher education programs Contribute to the literature Improve preservice music teacher preparation Spontaneous music making can provide clues for the next steps in instruction Spontaneous music making can provide exciting variations to lesson plans
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  • Encouraging student ideas + offering students choices= safe environment Flexibility is necessary Use varied stimuli High energy and special needs children may display more spontaneity Be more inclusive of students with lots of spontaneity Spontaneity (or lack of) does not impact musicality