Lucy Green is Professor of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is widely recognized for her pioneering work in developing new pedagogies based on the informal learning practices of popular musicians. She is also renowned for her writings on music education in relation to ideology, musical meaning, and gender.

Building on her continuing research about how musicians learn, Lucy Green has fashioned a fascinating and powerfully rendered accounting of how music teachers might include playing by ear and improvisation instruction in a variety of class, studio and ensemble settings. Overall, the book is musically authentic, brilliantly conceived, and centered exactly where contemporary music teaching needs to be.

• Acknowledgements ; NOTE ON THE TEXT ; NOTE ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE ; Introduction ; How could informal learning practices relate to formal music education? ; The organisation and use of the Handbook ; The audio materials: an overview ; Why informal learning? ; Why popular music? ; How do popular musicians learn? ; PART I: HeLP in instrumental settings ; Introduction ; HeLP in instrumental settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in instrumental settings: the basic steps ; Some possible combinations and orders of stages: instrumental tuition ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in instrumental settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; PART II: HeLP in ensemble settings: bands, orchestras and other groups ; Introduction ; HeLP in ensemble settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in ensemble settings: the basic steps ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP ensemble settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; PART III: HeLP in classroom settings ; Introduction ; HeLP in classroom settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in classroom settings: the basic steps ; Some possible combinations and orders of stages: the classroom context ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP classroom settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; Appendices ; Appendix A: Findings from an aural test experiment ; Appendix B: The research lying behind this Handbook ; Appendix C: Related work on informal music learning and formal music education ; Appendix D: Websites ; Appendix E: Audio track list ; Appendix F: Recording credits

Lucy Green is Professor of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is widely recognized for her pioneering work in developing new pedagogies based on the informal learning practices of popular musicians. She is also renowned for her writings on music education in relation to ideology, musical meaning, and gender.

Building on her continuing research about how musicians learn, Lucy Green has fashioned a fascinating and powerfully rendered accounting of how music teachers might include playing by ear and improvisation instruction in a variety of class, studio and ensemble settings. Overall, the book is musically authentic, brilliantly conceived, and centered exactly where contemporary music teaching needs to be.

• Acknowledgements ; NOTE ON THE TEXT ; NOTE ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE ; Introduction ; How could informal learning practices relate to formal music education? ; The organisation and use of the Handbook ; The audio materials: an overview ; Why informal learning? ; Why popular music? ; How do popular musicians learn? ; PART I: HeLP in instrumental settings ; Introduction ; HeLP in instrumental settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in instrumental settings: the basic steps ; Some possible combinations and orders of stages: instrumental tuition ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in instrumental settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; PART II: HeLP in ensemble settings: bands, orchestras and other groups ; Introduction ; HeLP in ensemble settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in ensemble settings: the basic steps ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP ensemble settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; PART III: HeLP in classroom settings ; Introduction ; HeLP in classroom settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in classroom settings: the basic steps ; Some possible combinations and orders of stages: the classroom context ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP classroom settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; Appendices ; Appendix A: Findings from an aural test experiment ; Appendix B: The research lying behind this Handbook ; Appendix C: Related work on informal music learning and formal music education ; Appendix D: Websites ; Appendix E: Audio track list ; Appendix F: Recording credits

Lucy Green is Professor of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. She is widely recognized for her pioneering work in developing new pedagogies based on the informal learning practices of popular musicians. She is also renowned for her writings on music education in relation to ideology, musical meaning, and gender.

Building on her continuing research about how musicians learn, Lucy Green has fashioned a fascinating and powerfully rendered accounting of how music teachers might include playing by ear and improvisation instruction in a variety of class, studio and ensemble settings. Overall, the book is musically authentic, brilliantly conceived, and centered exactly where contemporary music teaching needs to be.

• Acknowledgements ; NOTE ON THE TEXT ; NOTE ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE ; Introduction ; How could informal learning practices relate to formal music education? ; The organisation and use of the Handbook ; The audio materials: an overview ; Why informal learning? ; Why popular music? ; How do popular musicians learn? ; PART I: HeLP in instrumental settings ; Introduction ; HeLP in instrumental settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in instrumental settings: the basic steps ; Some possible combinations and orders of stages: instrumental tuition ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in instrumental settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; PART II: HeLP in ensemble settings: bands, orchestras and other groups ; Introduction ; HeLP in ensemble settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in ensemble settings: the basic steps ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP ensemble settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; PART III: HeLP in classroom settings ; Introduction ; HeLP in classroom settings: preliminary practicalities ; HeLP in classroom settings: the basic steps ; Some possible combinations and orders of stages: the classroom context ; How are students likely to respond? ; Teaching strategies: the role of the teacher in HeLP classroom settings ; What were the overall views of the participants? ; Appendices ; Appendix A: Findings from an aural test experiment ; Appendix B: The research lying behind this Handbook ; Appendix C: Related work on informal music learning and formal music education ; Appendix D: Websites ; Appendix E: Audio track list ; Appendix F: Recording credits