The township trumpet educator

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:This study attempts to address some shortcomings of brass tuition in South Africa. It isunique in its approach in concentrating on musicians from previously disadvantagedcommunities, although the content of the document can be equally successfully applied tobrass teaching in general.The study differs from any previous written material on this topic in that it takes thebackground of the previously disadvantaged educator and learner into consideration. Ittherefore does not assume that the learner can read music or that the educator has anyformal training. The challenge is thus to write a document to provide the educator andlearner with basic information in a medium that does not take anything for granted andthat also offers some practical guidance in already existing projects. As a starting point abackground is offered to produce a general overview of the problem.My research has convinced me that a document which consists only of a written textwould not be sufficient to guide the educator and learner. I have therefore set out toaccompany the text document with a practical trumpet manual. South African melodieswere predominantly used as study material. This offers the opportunity to all SouthAfrican learners from different cultural backgrounds to identify with the study material.My literature review includes a selection of the most commonly used beginner brassmanuals in South Africa. For practical reasons I made use of abbreviations in the trumpetmanual to indicate the source of a particular melody.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University