Abordagem analítica sobre os parâmetros musicais - altura e duração - em materiais didáticos voltados para a iniciação musical

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the didactical materials for musical initiation, exploring the organization of the properties of sound duration and pitch, worked a lot in the musical teaching, even as your relationship with some pedagogical approaches. The used methodology consists in documental research with a qualitative focus, analyzing seven didactic music books with focus on children who are starting their musical studies. The research task was how these materials presents and teaches “duration and pitch”, considering their target audience of children. The analysis off the theoretical framework, revealed the similarities and differences about the teaching of duration and pitch, as well as show the presence, direct or indirect, of the educators group showed in the literature revision. The results indicate strong influence of Edgar Willems pedagogic proposal in the most of materials, with emphasis on body movement and active listening, followed by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze’s approach. The Zoltán Kodaly’s method appears in lower recurrence. The data answer the research question and satisfy the main objective of this study. For continuity, it’s suggested the expansion of the number of materials for analysis and the observation off the sound properties dynamic/intensity and timbre.