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I was asked to be a teacher of the NHK Educational TV program for
schools "The Recorder Sings" in the fall of 1985. From the following
spring(1986)to the spring of 1997 for ten years when the program
was on the air, I enjoyed making the program. In the program I was
able to combine three separately studied subjects, music education,
recorder, and musicology into one. I was very happy and also grateful
that I could come up with so many good ideas during these ten years.
I tried very hard for the benefit of schoolteachers and their pupils
to deliver as many educational ideas, and as good teaching methods
of the recorder as possible, and as good music with a good sound
as possible into the classrooms. |
I make an original plan for the teachers' textbook and the script
for the NHK school program. I consult the program commitee, have
them check my plan , and then the textbook is made public. |
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Meanwhile, I had the word "tatebue ( a pipe played vertically held)
denoted as "recorder" and the recorder categorized into "wooden
pipes" instead of "other musical instruments" in the Teaching Guidance
issued by the Education Ministry. The concept of improvisation playing
with sounds, or the making of an earthen pipe "yayoi tutibue" demonstrated
in the program influenced the Education Ministry, with the result
that since the 4th year of Heisei "Improvising" has been included
in its Teaching Guidance. These are some of my contributions through
the program to Japanese music education, which I always tried to
do. |
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The
Recorder Sings
