▁Hart t ▁School , ▁University ▁of ▁Hart ford . ▁ ▁The ▁program ▁begins ▁by ▁imm ers ing ▁students ▁in ▁the ▁musical ▁literature ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁culture , ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁American . ▁ ▁Music ▁is ▁seen ▁as ▁separate ▁from , ▁and ▁more ▁fundamental ▁than , ▁notation . ▁ ▁In ▁twelve ▁learning ▁stages , ▁students ▁move ▁from ▁hearing ▁and ▁singing ▁music ▁to ▁dec oding ▁and ▁then ▁creating ▁music ▁using ▁spoken ▁sy ll ables ▁and ▁then ▁standard ▁written ▁notation . ▁R ather ▁than ▁implementing ▁the ▁K od ály ▁method ▁directly , ▁this ▁method ▁follows ▁K od ály ' s ▁original ▁instructions ▁and ▁builds ▁on ▁America ' s ▁own ▁folk ▁songs ▁instead ▁of ▁on ▁Hung arian ▁folk ▁songs . ▁ ▁Car ab o - C one ▁n ethod ▁ ▁This ▁early - child hood ▁approach , ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁sens ory - mot or ▁approach ▁to ▁music , ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁the ▁viol in ist ▁Made le ine ▁Car ab o - C one . ▁ ▁This ▁approach ▁involves ▁using ▁props , ▁cost umes , ▁and ▁to ys ▁for ▁children ▁to ▁learn ▁basic ▁musical ▁concepts ▁of ▁staff , ▁note ▁duration , ▁and ▁the ▁piano ▁keyboard . ▁ ▁The ▁concrete ▁environment ▁of ▁the ▁spe cially ▁planned ▁class room ▁allows ▁the ▁child ▁to ▁learn ▁the ▁fund ament als ▁of ▁music ▁by ▁expl oring ▁through ▁touch . ▁ ▁Popular ▁music ▁ped ag ogy ▁ ▁' Pop ular ▁music ▁ped ag ogy ' ▁— ▁altern atively ▁called ▁rock ▁music ▁ped ag ogy , ▁modern ▁band , ▁popular ▁music