This article begins with a brief history of children's singing instruction in schools. When Kenneth Phillips began researching children's singing, he was surprised to learn that a strong program of child vocal pedagogy was in place in America's schools for about a hundred years--the 1830s to the 1930s. By the 1950s however, all that…

Proposes to determine whether inaccurate singers have differing abilities in pitch discrimination and tonal aptitude than accurate singers. Finds no statistical difference in pitch discrimination or tonal aptitude between accurate and inaccurate singers. Suggests that inaccurate singers are not "tone deaf" or lacking in sufficient aural…

Forty-three elementary education majors in three classes took part in this study of the effectiveness of class voice instruction for elementary school children on vocal knowledge, attitudes, and vocal performance of the study participants. Two classes were assigned to one of the treatment conditions (vocal instruction with breath emphasis and…