Improvisation in musical Education: from practice to theory

• Grant number: 13/22140-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Music
• Principal Investigator: Graziela Bortz
• Grantee: Fabio Martins de Almeida
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to make a research focused on existing music literature about improvisation and its theoretical/structural fundaments. As a result, we expect to produce an extensive group of practical exercises aiming musical perception and creation, based on a set of principles that better matches a constructivist view of this theme. We hope this exercises may be used as didactic/pedagogical pathway for learning and teaching improvisation, this powerful - though neglected - tool in Music Education.