Teaching and Learning of Piano Timbre Through Teacher-Student Interactions in Lessons.

ABSTRACT: The ability to play the piano with a variety of timbres requires a performer to have advanced pianistic skills. Little is known about how these skills are acquired and developed in piano lessons and what the role is of elements such as concepts, technique, sonic outcomes, and bodily movements. To investigate the teaching and learning of piano timbre, the lessons of three pairs of university-level teachers and students (two teachers and three students) were observed, during which they behaved as usual in the first two lessons and were asked to use a dialogic teaching approach in the third lesson. Verbal communications of teachers and students about timbre were coded and analyzed, aiming to gain insight into the teaching/learning process of piano timbre and the roles of embodiment and teache

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8222694 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature