TTTV051: Audiation in Action with Andy Mullen
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This month has been Music Learning Theory month on topmusic.co and with that has come a lot of talk about audiation. But what is audiation really? What does it mean and how does it look in a teaching context?
If we want students to take full ownership or musical concepts and patterns, they should be able to audiate them. We don't want them just imitating what they've heard, parroting back the melody or harmony or definition. We want them to fully grasp it right through to their core.
Andrew Mullen discovered Music Learning Theory through the choral training of James Jordan. It made a lot of sense to him, and so he started exploring further. He now teaches middle schoolers using this approach, and his students have reaped the benefits of a true understanding of music.
In fact, he's about to transition over his whole school district to MLT teaching!
In today's podcast, Andrew is giving us a great insight into what MLT looks (and sounds!) like in a practical context. Andrew's enthusiasm for MLT is contagious, and I can tell his classes must be great fun as well as educational. I hope you'll take a listen to hear some of his fantastic teaching in action!
Transcript
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In this episode, you’ll learn
- How a class based on Dr. Gordon's ideas might look
- Why audiation is important
- The difference between imitation and audiation
- What Andrew's audiation station videos are designed to do
- The importance of always being able to find the resting tone
- The basics of theMLT syllable system
- Why rhythm patterns are organised into a syllable system in MLT
- The benefits Andrew has seen for his students since utilising MLT
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