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Playing by Ear: A Classroom Activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Gloria Toplis
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The value of playing by ear in instrumental learning has recently been well documented. By-ear reproduction of music is an activity which commands a high level of motivation from people of all ages, but it is seldom pursued in the classroom as an exercise in its own right, independent of improvisation. It is, in fact, ideally suitable for group work in the classroom, where it can be both satisfying for its own sake, and a means by which pupils gain essential aural skills.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , July 1990 , pp. 143 - 148
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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