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The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate three instructional strategies using popular music and selected band literature to teach concepts of music form to intermediate instrumentalists. The strategies included in-class instruction, programmed instruction, and a combination of these techniques. All strategies were constructed with identical objectives, sequence, time frame, and music examples. A criterion test was designed to measure knowledge of formal concepts. This test was employed as a pretest/posttest instrument with the seventh and eighth grade instrumentalists who represented four middle school bands, and who served as subjects in the final stage of the study. Statistical analysis confirmed that all strategies could be used successfully to teach formal concepts, that subjects could apply these concepts to unfamiliar band literature, and that grade level of the subjects had no significant effect on concept understanding.

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curriculum fundamentals instrumental group literature (music)secondary schools teaching method

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Strategies for Using Popular Music to Teach Form to Intermediate Instrumentalists

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