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Author Tafuri, Johannella

Title Infant Musicality : New Research for Educators and Parents
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (212 pages)
Series SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music
SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Coopyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; References; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the Reasons for a Research study; The Reasons for this Book; Who Does this Book Address?; Part I Musical Development; 1 The literature on Musical Development from 0 to 3 years of age; 1.1 Prenatal Memory and Early Experiences of newborn Infants; 1.2 Vocal communication: leading to speech; 1.3 Leading to song; 1.4 Imitative song; 1.5 Original song; 1.6 Rhythm, Instruments, Movement; 2 The inCanto Project; 2.1 The Journey Begins
2.2 The Preparation2.3 The Invitation; 2.4 The Participants; 2.5 What Do We Do? Experiences and Repertoire; 2.6 Ready to start; 3 Procedures and Results; 3.1 Prenatal Memory; 3.2 If the Mother sings; 3.3 Playing with songs; 3.4 First Vocal sounds; 3.5 Communicating through singing; 3.6 From Musical Babbling to singing; 3.7 Finally We sing!; 3.8 Inventing songs; 3.9 Rhythm, Movement and Instruments; 3.10 Evaluation and comments; 4 The Parents have their say; 4.1 Parents' Voices; 4.2 Motivations and Expectations; 4.3 The Difficulties; 4.4 Progress; 4.4.1 Initial Perceptions
4.4.2 The Baby as a Partner4.4.3 The Child as Musician; 4.4.4 Starting to Play; 4.4.5 Development; 4.4.6 The Wider Benefits; 4.4.7 Beginning School; 4.5 Satisfying Moments; 4.6 Family Involvement; 4.7 Looking to the future; Part II From Research to Teaching Practice; 5 Promoting Musical Development; 5.1 Musical Intelligence; 5.2 Education and learning; 5.3 Observational learning; 6 Suggestions for Musical activities; 6.1 Areas of Musical Experience; 6.2 So Many Ways to sing; 6.2.1 First Experiences; 6.2.2 Let us Sing together; 6.2.3 Inventing; 6.2.4 Songs and Movements
6.2.5 Stories with Singing6.3 To Play Instruments; 6.4 To Dance and listen; 6.4.1 Dancing; 6.4.2 Free Movement; 6.4.3 Musical Tales; Postlude; Appendix of Melodies; References; List of Audio and Video Recordings; Index
Notes Print version record
Form Electronic book
Author Tafuri, Johannella
Welch, Professor Graham
ISBN 9781351562874
1351562878