Creative Music Making in Asia

This book explores the concept of Creative Music Making through three core ideas: repetition, call & response, and drone for music creation and improvisation. Retracing the history of creative music education practices and Creative Music Making in Japan and the Asian context, it carefully examines shared structures in music across global cultures that are drawn into a pedagogical arrangement of techniques. Boasting contributions from a knowledgeable set of musician-educators experienced in the delivery of creative music making activities for teachers and their students, this edited collection introduces the Teacher-Advisor-Supporter (TAS) model and offers pedagogical examples to work with as well as thoughtful reflection on why/how things work in facilitating creative musical expressions in students. An in-depth analysis of the development of student musicality and polymusicality, this work supports learners toward a cross-cultural understanding of music’s structures and the potential of moving those structures into original creative works. It is a must-read for researchers in music pedagogy, psychology of creativity, and philosophy in arts education, as well as music teachers of primary and secondary schools.