The Enlightenment Of Rational Thinking In The Basic Piano Pedagogy

The essay illustrates the importance of rational thinking in piano pedagogy by the research of Johann Sebastian Bach’s invention. The invention by J. S. Bach is a great musical composition, which does make a strong sense to combine the rational thinking and affective thinking together.The whole essay is constructed in four sections as following:Section Ⅰ:the relationship between rational thinking and affective thinking in artistic creation.Section Ⅱ:the rational thinking in Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions.Section Ⅲ:The composition analysis of the invention, which includes musical form, tonality, themes developing, counterpoint and musical characteristic.Section Ⅳ:The use of rational thinking of the invention in piano pedagogy.