Music education

Victor Ng’eno
2 min readJan 11, 2022

Personal statement

Music education is very important and learners should take a great interest to learn music. Music is among one of the six arts. Life is brought without music. Music has so many diverse laments from language, rhythm, and connotation. Connotation is very important in making good music. The curriculum in music keeps changing as Jorgensen referred to in his dialectical approach. Ying yang brings to music the separate but interdependent dark world of Ying and yang. Both are needed to achieve the best taste in music. Yin resides with yang. It is important to look at the historical context of music and use the information to create new music. That is how music continues to change and evolve with the times. Popular rhythm and connotations change with time.

Orff method

Orff is a famous federal German musical composer who made a great contribution to music education. The Orff method is an original system of teaching music education that emphasizes making music education an enjoyable experience for the learner. It involves music games, painting, playing Orff instruments, and singing(p.27). Orff's teaching method emphasizes five principles. The learning system should be comprehensive enough to cover all aspects of arts education. Singing and playing instruments with games is necessary for the learner to have a complete understanding of music education. It should also be creative to entice the learners and make them enjoy the learning process. Without creativity, the learners will barely understand or be involved in the…

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Victor Ng’eno

I have deep interest in understanding how our world works, the movers and shakers of the past, present and future;and deciphering the core of human nature.