%0 Journal Article
%T The Monochord in the Medieval and Modern Classrooms
%A Kathryn Buehler-McWilliams
%A Russell E. Murray
%J Journal of Music History Pedagogy
%D 2013
%I Pedagogy Study Group of the American Musicological Society
%X The monochord was a standard feature of musical pedagogy in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the modern classroom, it allows our students to experience the pedagogical world of the medieval classroom, bringing a deeper reality to an otherwise abstract series of concepts. This article presents a general overview of the various uses of the monochord in medieval and Renaissance pedagogy and provides a lesson plan for using the instrument effectively in an undergraduate music history class.
%K music history pedagogy
%K monochord
%K medieval music
%K medieval instruments
%K organology
%K music theory
%K Pythagorean division
%U http://www.ams-net.org/ojs/index.php/jmhp/article/view/81/119