Barns utvecklade kunskaper i tonhöjd och melodi med boomwhackers och notläsning

• Main Author: Svanström, Hanna
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS) 2021
• Subjects: didactic; music didactic; music education; music; preschool; Didactics; Didaktik
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-46648

Beacuse of the lack of research in concrete music didactical tools, this study will focus on developing a new way to teach children music, especially tones and melodies. There is also a requirement from the curriculum of preschool that every child has to be given a chance to develop their ability to express themselves in music. Boomwhackers is an instrument that has been used for some time in educational purposes. With this instrument you can introduce both notes and rhytm to children, however this study will be focusing on notes. The aim of the study is to examine and analyze from a music didactic perspective signs of childrens developed knowledge in tones and melodies after music education with boomwhackers. The method of the study is arts-based research. With this method I will have three active roles as an artist, reseacher and teacher, which is a very practical way of reseach. The empirical material will be analyzed through a music didactical perspective and terms. Through this analysis the results of the study is that the children shows several signs of developed knowledge in tones and melodies after the music educational sessions. They are able to name all of the notes in C major scale and their position in the stave. They also show sign of understanding how notes together create melodies. Finally, it will be a discussion of how to futher develop practical tools of music education in preschool. This study shows how much children long for more knowledge which means that it is necessary to develope the didactics of music in preschool.