METHOD OF TEACHING PRACTICAL MUSIC MAKING Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: education system, specifically music learning. Method can find use in system of general education musical schools, secondary, cultural and educational schools, including palaces of culture, clubs and hobby groups, development of musical faculties and giving access to world of music to children in families having many children. SUBSTANCE: proposed method makes it possible to realize individual-group teaching to practical music making which increases number of scholars and simultaneously ensures each of them with individual approach to mastering of music learning. This method is economical and progressive as scholar masters music learning for very short time period. Method includes teaching of practical music making involving stage-by-stage teaching to play musical instruments from musical texts of musical compositions, learning of musical literacy and mastering of position of hand on musical instrument. Novelty of method consists in that individual parts for each musical instrument are set before each stage by musical text by parameters coupled to sound- generation on instrument and involves rhythm, height of pattern, position of hand coordination of two hands, number of stages of tune. Teaching is conducted as minimum in one group by joint music making on musical instruments in which capacities there are used pulsatile and at least one key instrument. Musical text is studied at each stage and hearing control is conducted with use of color card system in which each card and its position in space are matched with parameters embracing rhythm, number of stages in tune. Number of stages is established in agreement with results of hearing control. EFFECT: improved practical efficiency of method. 4 cl