In this episode, we talk about the basics of pattern instruction: what it is, why it’s helpful, and how to get started.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Crowd-sourced List of Recorded Music in Various Tonalities (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c1j-28tVhi4AJ0odjB09ByPIJ9e4SdmPzVTiNRdCxKk/edit?usp=sharing)
• Crowd-sourced List of Recorded Music in Various Meters (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15lCZ5r7jTom5nKSbFEkD5ZErzGz0eB0mQ_uhc49exvo/edit?usp=sharing)
• GIA Publications (www.giamusic.com)

• The Ways Children Learn Music by Eric Bluestine (https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/ways-children-learn-music-book-g5480)
• Grutzmacher, P. A. (1987). The effect of tonal pattern training on the aural perception, reading recognition, and melodic sight-reading achievement of first-year instrumental music students. Journal of Research in Music Education, 35(3), 171-181. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2307/3344959
• Summary of Azzara’s study of the effects of pattern instruction and improvisation in young instrumentalists’ music achievement (https://everydaymusicality.com/2019/02/06/audiation-based-improvisation-techniques-and-elementary-instrumental-students-music-achievement-azzara-1993)
• “Learning from Young Children” book, which includes chapter on study by Velez (https://rowman.com/isbn/9781607093237/learning-from-young-children-research-in-early-childhood-music)
• Gordon’s “Quick and Easy Introductions” for only $.01! (https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/quick-and-easy-introductions-book-g8418)
• Tonal pattern instruction via a Learning Sequence Activity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Qco-vLFFU)
• Rhythm pattern instruction via a Learning Sequence Activity (https://youtu.be/cnZyLe3rzFU)
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