The Benefits of Aural Learning in the Elementary Music
Katy
Morgan
~
MUED380
~
Fall
2018
Introduction A
child’s
introduc>on
to
music
can
shape
how
they
will
see
and
build
a
rela>onship
with
music.
As
an
educator
we
focus
on
teaching
them
to
read
music
and
perform
melodies
and
rhythm.
The
focus
rather
should
be
on
us
teaching
them
the
skills
to
be
musicians
and
for
those
to
transfer
into
life
long
music
making.
Review of Literature: Research Questions:
1. Hansen,
D.
&
Milligan,
S.A.
(2012):
Explores
reasarch
of
four
1. What
are
the
benefits
of
aural
learning?
different
areas:
examining
the
significance
of
aural
Visual
learning?
2. What
are
ways
we
can
incorporate
aural
discrimina>on
skills
in
language
and
music
learning,
their
learning
into
the
elementary
music
mutual
influence
on
reading
literacy
and
current
applica>on
classroom?
at
the
primary
level
for
the
music
classroom.
2. Botstein,
L.
(1992):
The
wri>ng,
performance
and
hearing
of
Recommendations for Practice: music
is
a
study
of
historical
analyses
in
the
way
language
There
are
allot
of
ways
one
can
bring
this
was
actually
used.
into
the
classroom.
Begin
by
teaching
aurally.
3. Campbell,
P.
(1989):
This
ar>cle
discusses
how
all
forms
of
Some
teachers
use
call
and
response.
Some
language
are
communicated
both
orally
and
in
wriYen
form.
research
has
shown
to
begin
with
crea>ve
How
music
should
be
taught
in
the
exact
same
way
as
all
explora>on.
This
is
so
students
can
be
languages,
which
is
star>ng
with
aural
before
adding
comfortable
being
expressive
from
the
wriYen.
beginning.
Others
support
the
use
of
listening
4. Rogers.
G
(1996):
A
study
on
colored
nota>on,
proving
that
to
recordings
and
learning
based
off
of
those
colored
nota>on
does
not
have
an
impact
on
learning
music.
recordings.
5. Gamso,
N.
M.
(2011):
The
Aural
Learning
Project
was
developed
to
invorporate
jazz
method
components
into
Suggestions for Future Research: classical
prac>ce.
Building
students
aural
skills
in
order
to
When it comes to research there is create
beYer
musicians.
nothing that compares the teaching of 6. Clauhs,
M.
(2018)
This
ar>cle
discusses
the
importance
of
music visually versus aurally. It is a very hard thing to compare because students teaching
musicianship
and
aural
skills
from
the
beginning
of
developed different learning strategies a
child’s
music
making
experience.
and preferences. However how can we find a way to incorporate both into the classroom from the beginning. Remembering the importance of aural Check out my website at: skills while making sure they are playing www.katymorganmusic.weebly.com the correct notes or holding the instrument properly.