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The Practice And Research Of Bellows Teaching For Children

Posted on:2008-08-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360242469485Subject:Music
Abstract/Summary:
If the aesthetic appreciation of music, which is a cultural phenomenon of the human society, steps into the "realm of freedom" by means of education, it will surely promote the harmonious development of one's individuality, improve one's aesthetic ability, enhance one's cultural quality as well as shape an excellent character.This article discusses four aspects as follows:Sectionâ… : Origin of the subject selected and its meaningIn recent years, with the gradual promotion of quality-oriented education nation wide, music learning has become one of the methods which adopted by a great number of teachers and parents to improve qualities of their students and children. However, due to effects caused by factors such as relevant band tests, both the children and their parents are suffering heavy burdens ideologically and psychologically. As a result, the ultimate goal of music learning is overlooked and the natural law for children's growth is violated, which torture both parents and their kids.This article reasons from both physiological and psychological angles that childhood is the best period for one's music learning, during which one's ability to appreciate music is improved, one's temperament is cultivated, one's good habit for learning is fostered and one's cultural accomplishment is enhanced, all of which will function in one's whole life.As a pattern of learning music, accordion's fixed pitch is of great advantage; The fixed bass chords at the left hand and their regular order is helpful to foster children's feeling for harmony, and also is helpful to the relaxation of musical theory learning; And the proper use of bellows enables children to breathe regularly, which is an advanced breath. By this way, children can not only learn how to breathe while playing accordion, but also the breath in music, and even all kinds of breath in our daily life. All of the above deepens children's understanding of breath. By using different switches, children can play different styles of music, in which way children's interest in music is cultivated and maintained. Not only can accordion be used to play solo, it can also be used as accompaniment and tutti instruments, under which circumstances a spirit of teamwork can be cultivated; All in all, accordion is the most suitable instrument for children.Sectionâ…¡: Thinking and methods adopted in the study of this subjectBased on descriptive analysis of accordion education, using relevant research achievements in disciplines such as pedagogics, psychology, cultural anthropology for reference from a musicological angle, this study tries to work out a set of specific teaching methods and ideas for children's accordion learning so as to lay a solid foundation for the overall and lifelong development of the children.This article combines foreign teaching methods to children's musical education with accordion for the first time. The article also works out several practicable methods that comply with children's physiological and psychological characters. These methods overthrow the traditional pattern featuring cramming and skillfulness and infuse new life into children's accordion teaching.When it comes to specific studying methods, the author experiments by way of setting up experimental classes according to experimentation, does analytic research on the cultural meaning of children's accordion teaching by adopting culturological modes, and resorts to questionnaires and interviews given by experts such as Wu Bin, editor in chief of People's Press of Music, Professor Jin Yawen from the press mentioned above and Professor Zhang Li, a tutor of post graduates majoring in musical education Capital Normal University, all of whom gives precious suggestion that makes the author have a deep understanding of the problems, current state and future development concerning the study.Sectionâ…¢: The whole process of the experiment on children's accordion teachingThe experiment sets in No. 2 Primary School Attached to College of Foreign Language Teaching, Shanxi Taiyuan University, in which the author used to be teaching. Through solid practice in teaching, the author aims at restraining children for a harmonious mental condition and graceful personality, which surely lay a solid foundation for the bright future of both themselves and the society in the long run.Sectionâ…£: Focus on rational analysis and thinking of the subjectThis section mainly deals with deals with the analysis of the experiment, with overseas educational methods and ideas as well as the viewpoints from domestic experts on relevant issues as references. It also examines both the merits and demerits of the experiment in order to figure out proper methods suitable for children's accordion teaching, which presents higher request specific methods to both the teachers and parents.Conclusion: All in all, children's accordion teaching does not only mean to teach children how to play accordion, more importantly, it help children to learn about music and peoples worldwide as well as to comprehend the accumulative aesthetics in the form of music and sound, to scrutinize the true, the good and the beautiful in music, to experience the strong emotional resonance arisen by music, Bring music education into full play as a soul purifier, a temperament cultivator, a wisdom enlightener, and a complement between emotion and interest; supersede ideas and activities that show craftsmanship, utilitarianistic, have skill and artistic meaning separated and have human quality and artistic meaning disembodied. The study alters thoroughly the current state of music teaching that summed up by the following, 'Teach the trade but not clear the doubts, instruct the skills but not explain the artistic meaning; nurture the ability but not conduct the emotional thoughts'.
Keywords/Search Tags:Child, Accordion teaching, Experiment, Research
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