Basic Music Literacy: Lessons in how to read and understand the universal language of printed music. - Softcover

Westerman, Jerome

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1463690177 ISBN 13: 9781463690175

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

In this book you will find ten lessons in how to read and understand the universal language of printed music. I have written and used these lessons throughout my career in music education to help students in school choirs and general music classes understand a musical score. These lessons can help form a basis of understanding on how music is recorded in a printed format. In our modern age much of our music is recorded in an audio format and yet there is still a need for printed music. Long before audio recordings were possible composers relied on recording their compositions in print and much of that printed music survived for hundreds of years. Without the printed language of music and the many musicians who helped develop this printed language we would not know the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and so many earlier and later composers.

About this title

About the Author

Jerome Westerman has been a music educator for almost thirty years. He holds an Associate degree in music, a Bachelor degree in choral music education, and a Master's degree in music education. He has been a choral director for middle school, high school, and junior college choirs as well as choral music ministry director for the United Methodist church and the Presbyterian church. He earned his professional teaching certification in choral conducting and is highly qualified in music and theatre arts. Jerry is actively involved in music arranging and composition and has earned awards in songwriting from the "Billboard Songwriting Contest" and the "Music City Songwriting Contest".

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1463690177
• ISBN 13: 9781463690175
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 98
• Editor: Westerman Gillian