The Contemporary Child| A set of eleven pieces for the beginning to intermediate pianist

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<p> This paper analyzes B&eacute;la Bart&oacute;k's <i>For Children </i> as an ideal pedagogical example of introducing contemporary musical concepts to the beginning through intermediate piano students. Contemporary concepts include non-diatonic harmonies, modal tonal centers, surprising harmonic shifts, utilizing the entire range of the piano, and changing meter, including additive meter. This paper also analyzes <i>The Contemporary Child</i>, a set of eleven pieces for the beginner through intermediate pianist. <i> The Contemporary Child</i> uses <i>For Children</i> as its inspiration in finding a way to introduce contemporary musical concepts in a manner that is simultaneously elementary yet engaging.</p>

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Music|Education, Music

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:1523318
Date	09 August 2013
Creators	Gordon, Amy Christine
Publisher	California State University, Long Beach
Source Sets	ProQuest.com
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	thesis