Table of Contents
Section I Children's Musical Play And Creativity: Adult Views
1 Conceptions of Children's Musical Play 3
2 Children's Musical Creativity and Oral Transmission 23
Section II Into The Field
3 Investigating Musical Play: Ethics and Pragmatics 43
4 The Playing Fields 69
Section III Transmission Processes in the Playground
5 The Influence of Social Grouping 105
6 Teaching and Learning in the Playground 136
7 Changing the Tradition 156
Section IV Composition in Performance
8 Composition in the Playground 199
9 Variations on a Theme: "Sar Macka Dora" 221
10 Style and Cultural Idiosyncrasy in Musical Play 262
Section V Conclusions and Pedagogical Implications
II Conclusions and Pedagogical Implications 305
Appendix 1 Index of Playground Singing Game Genres from International Field Sites, 1990-2004 319
Appendix 2 Transcription Methods and Notation and Documentation Conventions 339
Appendix 3 Text Variants of the "Sar Macka Dora" Game Genre 350
Appendix 4 Selected Musical Transcriptions of Games 353
Notes 379
Bibliography 387
Index 401