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Sound choices : guiding your child's musical experiences / Wilma Machover, Marienne Uszler.
| Author/creator | Machover, Wilma |
| Other author | Uszler, Marienne. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 1996. |
| Description | xx, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Choices at certain age: early childhood -- The child from six to nine -- The child from nine to twelve -- The adolescent years -- Important choices: choosing an instrument -- Choosing the teacher -- The economics of music study -- Challenging choices: The gifted child -- The child with special needs -- Making a difference -- General resources : Books for you ; Books for you with your child ; Books for your child ; Recordings: family listening starter collection ; Guides to CDs and cassettes. Videos ; About music with technology ; Software: software applications ; Software companies ; How to evaluate software. Books about music, multimedia, and technology ; Music technology catalogs ; Music technology magazines ; CD-ROMs ; Organizations. Movies ; Games and teaching aids ; Magazines ; Catalogs, directories, and guides ; Competitions. |
| Abstract | What should you do when your three-year-old Sesame Street aficionado suddenly announces that he wants to study the violin? Or when your seven-year-old informs you that he does not want the shiny new red bicycle you just bought him for his birthday, nor the spiffy new box of high-tech paints, but really wants to have piano lessons--today? What should you say when your ten-year-old shouts that she hates that nasty new $1500 violin you just invested in, hates violin. Period, and is never going to practice again? Are there any software packages that can teach that teen-age Jimi Hendrix rehearsing in the garage next door how to read music? How should you answer the bewildered parent whose little girl wants to study the tuba and can take it for free at school? These and many other commonly asked and often puzzling questions are answered in this book. Beginning with an ages and stages. Organization from infancy to adolescence, this book offers concise, age-specific information on musical experiences from generating interest to motivating practice and life-long enjoyment. Subsequent chapters provide detailed suggestions for choosing an instrument, finding a qualified teacher, and assessing the financial implications of musical study. Here also are practical strategies for such troublesome issues as evaluating the student-teacher relationship, changing teachers, monitoring practice, and useful comparisons of the varying points-of-view of parents, teachers, and children. A separate section discusses how parents might deal with a musically gifted child or how music might enhance the development of a child with special needs. Concise, comprehensive, and easy-to-use, this book features wide margins and useful icons to highlight key information and helpful questions. It is also a treasure trove of annotated resources that serves as an outstanding reference source for music-related books, recordings, CD-ROMs, software, videos, movies, magazines, games, teaching aids, catalogs, and directories (including a directory of national sources for finding a qualified teacher). |
| Local note | Little-312330--305131014185W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies, videographies, and index. |
| LCCN | 95035429 |
| ISBN | 0195092074 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9780195092073 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0195092082 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780195092080 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | MT740 .M15 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |