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The Percussion Band – Mere Noise or Music?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Jane Southcott
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The Percussion Band method is part of our methodological heritage. The method was carefully based on contemporary educational theory and its advocates argued convincingly for its inclusion in kindergarten and school curricula. Critics of the method were heard from the first. This article seeks to examine the arguments for and against the method, the educational beliefs that underlie these positions and to note the influence of the method in the Australian school curriculum.

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , July 1992 , pp. 111 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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