Benefits of this approach for music education
· Does not require skills in reading Western notation
· Little prior musical knowledge needed
· Allows for improvisation, creativity and imagination
· Doesn’t require traditional instruments to make sound – anything in the environment can be used
· Students take ownership of sounds
· Students engage with the musical thinking of their time
· Build discernment for individual sounds within a larger textural structure
· Student-centred learning
· Cross-genre
· Fun
Drawbacks/ challenges
· Disconnected from children’s own experience of music
· Not necessarily accessible for the listener: the use of chance elements means melodies and harmonies may not be recognisable and memorable, and thus relatable