teaching students to write rhythm
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nafmeadminI’ve been using the approach that David Newell outlines in “Teaching Rhythm” with my middle school band this year. Everything was going great- the kids were counting and playing the rhythms we worked on, and they all seemed to understand it well. I gave them a four measure rhythm composition assignment yesterday- very simple- 4 measures in 4/4 time, use each of these rhythms (four sixteenths, eighth-sixteenth patterns) at least once, etc. About 2/3 of the kids did it perfectly. The other third was shocking- they showed no understanding of how many beats are in a measure, some of them wrote things that aren’t even notes (something that looked like a half note with a flag was popular,) some were completely illegible, etc. I’m not sure how to address this- if I start from scratch with the whole group, the kids who can do it will be bored out of their minds. If I keep going, that third of the band will never get it. I’m not sure how to teach two levels of this at the same time. Any suggestions? Where do I start with the kids that really don’t get it?
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Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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