After filling out the table, write your answers in your activity notebook. 1. Were you able to identify the musical elements present in the sample music? How? 2. In what ways did the musical elements help in communicating the message of the music? 3. What do you think is the significance of knowing the music elements in assessing a particular type of music of a certain region/place?

1.The first half of this chapter attempts to define music as a subject and offers perspectives on music, including basic vocabulary and what you should know about music in order to incorporate it in your work with children. The second half gives a brief overview of music education and teaching in the U.S., which provides the foundation of the discipline for the book.

2.Music” is one of the most difficult terms to define, partially because beliefs about music have changed dramatically over time just in Western culture alone.

3.For example, if we hear the Qur’an performed, it may sound like singing and music. We hear all of the “parts” which we think of as music—rhythm, pitch, melody, form, etc.