Date of Award
1-1982
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Music Education
Abstract
Music educator have constantly searched for more effective ways to teach their subject. In the past thirty years, several philosophies and methods of music education have had considerable influence on the music curricula in American schools. An examination of one one of these methods, the Kodaly method, will be the focus of this paper. Zoltan Kodaly, a Hungarian composer and educator, believed that the voice was nature's first instrument and that only though its correct utilization could a child develop correctly in all other aspects of music. The history, goals and techniques of Kodaly's method will be outlined in the paper and a means of utilizing these techniques to reach similar goals in instrumental music will be presented. The theories behind each technique used in the instrumental instruction will parallel the original theories.
Recommended Citation
Black, Sherry, "The application of the Kodaly method to instrumental music education" (1982). Honors Theses. 433.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/433