Publisher's Synopsis
For one semester/quarter course in Music Education Methods, Classroom Instrument Methods, Musicianship and Multicultural Music Education/World Music Education.
Written to provide teachers a rich selection of "tunes"-- including songs, melodies and melodic themes, and "grooves" or rhythms, for use in both elementary and secondary classrooms. This text offers music from a variety of sources including folk/traditional music, world music, Latin music, and art/classical themes. Each of the more than 200 songs, melodies and rhythms is prefaced with descriptions of its cultural origins, function and meaning along with suggestions for applications in the classroom. Praise from one reviewer, "As a specialist in early childhood music and group piano instruction, I find "Tunes and Grooves" an invaluable resource. This compilation of music from around the world including Africa, Asia and the Americas may be used by classroom teachers, university students and music therapists." From another-"Tunes and Grooves for Music Education is arguably the most diverse single-text resource for teaching world musics."
Praise for Tunes and Grooves:
"As it sits on the shelves of music educators of a variety of ages and purposes, Campbell's new resource is sure to become dog-eared, returned to again and again for repertoire, common-sense suggestions, and inspiration." - Christopher Roberts in The Kodaly Envoy (Winter 2009)
"Campbell's Tunes and Grooves for Music Education is a truly breathtaking addition to the resources available to those who make music. Tunes and Grooves holds enormous potential for use in K-12 music education settings in addition to university-level music teaching methods courses." - Sarah H. Watts: The Orff Echo (Autumn 2009)