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Sing, Move, Play! Training Inner Hearing and Polyphonic Hearing in the Violin Lesson (2016)

Estela Benita Bernes
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Name: Estela Benita Bernés Main subject: Music Education According to the Kodály Concept. Research supervisor: Liesbeth Ackermans Title of Research: Sing, Move, Play! Training Inner Hearing and Polyphonic Hearing in the Violin Lesson Research Question: How to introduce the use of relative solfa and movement activities in the violin lesson using specific violin repertoire in order to train inner hearing and achieve polyphonic hearing? Summary of Results: With this paper I aim to raise awareness on the importance of training the inner hearing and polyphonic hearing in the violin (or instrumental) lesson. The violin is a melodic instrument; traditionally we primarily work on the violin solo part of the pieces during lessons, focussing sometimes mainly on technical difficulties, which leads to a poor understanding of the music that is being played. The goal in this case is working towards the achievement of polyphonic hearing, that will enable the students to understand in a deeper level the pieces of their repertoire regarding form, phrasing, harmony/polyphony, rhythm and articulation; therefore allowing them to be independent musicians that can make their own musical decisions when playing. I have designed a series of activities related to different pieces of the violin repertoire – from beginners to advanced – using movement, singing, relative solfa and improvisation on the instrument. These activities work as well as a bridge between the general musicianship lessons and the violin lessons. Biography: Estela Benita Bernés is a violin player and teacher from the area of Barcelona, Spain. After completing a Bachelor in violin in ESMuC (Barcelona's Music College) in 2010, she moved to The Hague, The Netherlands, where she has studied violin and music education at The Royal Conservatoire. Estela has performed with various professional and student orchestras and ensembles playing from classical music to jazz or experimental contemporary music. Currently she is developing her Kodály-inspired teaching practise in the area of The Hague, where she works for different music education programs.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsviolin, inner hearing, polyphonic hearing, Kodály, Kodály-approach, relative solmization, Music Education, violin lesson, sing and play, clapping games, violin repertoire
date11/05/2016
published23/08/2016
last modified23/08/2016
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/273543/273544
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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