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Transdisciplinary dimensions in the composing activities of children: transfer of strategies and transformation of knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2016

Johanna Maria Roels  and
Peter Van Petegem
Johanna Maria Roels
Affiliation:
University of Antwerp, Venusstraat 35, 2000 Antwerp, Belgiumjohannamariaroels@gmail.com, Peter.vanpetegem@uantwerpen.be
Peter Van Petegem
Affiliation:
University of Antwerp, Venusstraat 35, 2000 Antwerp, Belgiumjohannamariaroels@gmail.com, Peter.vanpetegem@uantwerpen.be
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Abstract

Existing studies show the value of using visual expression as a means of teaching children to understand and create music. This study aspires to point out an additional valuable aspect, namely, the influence composing via visual expression – whereby children transform their own drawings – may have on children's subsequent compositional processes. This is an area which is, as yet, largely unexplored. The article will examine this within a context in which children compose individually at the keyboard. With the aid of some examples taken from actual teaching practice, the author shows how children – consciously or intuitively and in a more complex and sophisticated manner – transpose their playing strategies from ‘visual composing’ to a primarily musical context or a context incorporating new, non-musical references.

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 81 - 99
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