Preface

The Perfect Match Music series believes that everyone can enjoy and play music.

This series teaches music concepts step by step for easy understanding. There are fun exercises to train your aural perception and develop your singing and instrument playing skills. You will also have many opportunities to make music with your friends!

This series will expose you to music from all over the world. You will also get to explore the wonderful sounds of different kinds of musical instruments. Through this exposure, you will learn interesting things about other cultures and see how important music is in our lives.

With the Perfect Match Music series, music learning will be a truly enjoyable experience.

Note to teachers:

The Perfect Match Music series is based on the methodologies of renowned pedagogues, Carl Orff and Zoltán Kodály. Orff believed that pupils should learn music in the same natural way as they learn a language where listening and imitating are key. Kodaly shared a similar belief that music should be taught in a way that will make it naturally accessible to pupils. For both Orff and Kodály, it is important that music learning is based on activities pupils are familiar and comfortable with, such as singing, movement and games. An approach based on these activities emphasises listening and performing. Pupils exposed to such an approach develop a keen aural perception and sense of pitch. They are also able to express themselves musically with confidence.