Helping Children Audiate Music

By Eric M BluestineEducation Music

Helping Children Audiate Music episodes

August 23, 2025 Episode 4 - Rote Songs: What They're Good For, and Why They Aren't Enough

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6 min
August 21, 2025 Episode 3 - Can We (Should We) Teach Our Students to Love Music?

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4 min
August 19, 2025 Episode 2 - Why Children Need Music Education
1. Children learn to understand expressive elements (articulation, tempo, dynamics, balance, and phrasing) in pieces of music that have moved listeners for generations.
2. Children learn to understand musical structure.
3. Children learn that music is not a byproduct of culture or an addendum to history.
4. Children learn the joy that comes from creating, improvising, and composing music.
5. Children learn that performance is a creative act, and not the recreation of a teacher’s orders.

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15 min
August 18, 2025 Episode 1 - A Note To My Music Teacher Colleagues

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4 min

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Here you'll find ideas about how children learn to understand music, and how you can best teach them.