The American Singer • Book 2

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Release Date: 1954

Label: Audio Education, Inc.

Originally released in 1950. This is a repressing for the 2nd edition of the book.

*There are no performing artists mentioned anywhere on this release or in the accompanying book.

Hardcover (cardboard) covers with folio-style bound sleeves in an album.
Deccalite (Unbreakable under normal use)

Audio Education, Inc. presents Recorded Songs from The American Singer - Book 2

This album was prepared in conjunction with the American Book Company and Decca Records, Inc.

In Book 2, there are three large areas of study in the music program: rote singing, note singing, and rhythmic expression. The records and the book on which they are based represent a unity of material for study in these areas. The same teaching principles outlined in the 'Guide and Accompaniment to Book 2' apply when teaching with records, and most of the recorded songs have been specifically mentioned in that text.

The recorded songs listed under "Notation," 13003 A, follow the teaching pattern outlined in 'Guide and Accompaniments' for this type of music study. Instructions for study are given directly on the records. These are followed by group singing on the part of the children themselves. The record can help the teacher to understand, in advance of classroom activity, how a song should be treated for teaching notation.

The recorded songs grouped under the title "Rhythm Sensing," 13003 B, provide material for developing basic beat. "Indian Songs - Rhythms," 13002 A, and "Rhythms and Games," 13002 B, include other songs adaptable for rhythmic expression. Many of the other rote and note songs may also be used for rhythmic expression through dramatic play, particularly such a record as "Song Stories," 13003 B.

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