Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Musical Dictation, Vol. 1: Study of Tone and Rhythm; Manual for Teachers
The study of tone and rhythm, also called musical dictation, in eludes ear training and eye training. The subject matter of music, both tonal and rhythmic, is learned most readily and effectively through dictation. Therefore, this subject is of first importance.
Language study properly begins with oral expression. Children gain wonderful facility in oral expression of the mother tongue solely by imitation. With favorable opportunity, a child of six years has learned to use the speaking voice freely and easily and possesses a large vocabulary which he employs with intelligent discrimination.
Because of the mastery of oral expression, gained entirely by imita tion, children learn to read in a marvelously short time, often reading several books during the first school year. The problem in primary reading is to learn to recognize the symbols representing words already known.
A large majority of the children who enter school at five or six years of age, have used the tone language very little, if at all.
Inasmuch as the subject matter of music is learned through the ear, imitative oral training is vitally essential in the study of music.
The first step, therefore, is to acquire facility in oral expression by means of rote singing.
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