The structure of musical understanding in pre-school and primary school music textbooks in England

― Analysis of Kickstart Music （2021） from a developmental perspective ―

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the structure of musical understanding through the units of “Listening, Rhythm, Singing, Exploring, Creation” in the pre-school and “Listening, Rhythm, Pitch, Sounds and Invention” in the primary KS1 （5-7 years old） and KS2 （7-11 years old）, using the Kickstart Music 2021 revision, a music textbook for the pre-school to primary stages in the England. The reason for the selection of the texts is a clear awareness of the de- velopmental structure. The analytical perspective is “The Developmental Spiral” by Swanwick and Tillman（1986）