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Communication and emotion in adult cello lessons (2023)

Liutauras Žilaitis
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In the modern world more and more people choose to play an instrument in their free time. It brings them a possibility to express themselves, enjoy the music and maybe meet new people. Next to that comes motivation which is not studied enough - feel the emotion carried by the music. In my cello teaching practice I encounter a number of adults who wish to play cello and whose pivotal motivation to play cello is the emotions and feelings that music brings to them. Through this emotion I intend to make a bond with the student and deepen our connection. In order to see what is needed to communicate well with the student, I have interviewed young professional cellists and investigated what they think about building trust, creating safe space and other necessities for a great cello teacher. Gathered information led to an idea for an experiment with my adult cello students. In a number of lessons I had my students play the music with an emotion (usually the one that they bring to the lesson) and reflect on that. The result of such exercises shows how eager adults are to include an emotion in their playing which consequently is meant to improve the bond between teacher and student. It also shows how their instrumental development can positively influence the ability to play the music with attention to emotion.
typeresearch exposition
keywordscommunication, Cello, Teaching, emotions
date21/11/2022
published19/07/2023
last modified19/07/2023
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightLiutauras Zilaitis
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1464710/1967923
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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