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This article explores how dub reggae can be used as a tool for teaching music production. Dub is a style of music that emphasises creativity in the studio, focusing on remixing, sound manipulation, and listening skills. The study shows how teaching students to produce dub tracks helps them develop essential production techniques, such as understanding effects like reverb and delay. It also encourages students to experiment and listen critically, improving their creative decision-making. By examining this teaching approach, the article highlights how using a genre like dub reggae can make learning music production more engaging and effective.

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This article is unique in exploring how dub reggae—a genre centred on remixing and sound manipulation—can be used to teach music production skills. Unlike traditional teaching methods, this approach emphasises creativity, experimentation, and critical listening, helping students develop both technical proficiency and artistic intuition. The work is particularly timely as music education increasingly incorporates digital tools and seeks innovative ways to engage students in production practices. By demonstrating how genre-specific techniques like those in dub can enhance learning, the article offers valuable insights for educators, students, and music professionals looking to modernise their teaching and training strategies.

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This page is a summary of: Remixing dub reggae in the music classroom: A practice-based case study on the educational value of music production for listening skills and stylistic analysis, Journal of Music Technology and Education, December 2016, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jmte.9.3.255_1.
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