Prácticas educativas con el sintetizador en las Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Música de Cataluña

Pablo Puentes Madarnás; Diego Calderón-Garrido; Perfecto Herrera

doi:10.35699/2317-6377.2024.51263

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Pablo Puentes Madarnas Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9919-9951
Diego Calderón-Garrido University of Barcelona, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2860-6747
Perfecto Herrera Higher School of Music of Catalonia, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-7675

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https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2024.51263

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Synthesizer, Sound synthesis, Music technology, Artistic higher music education, Music education

Abstract

Despite its fundamental role in modern musical creation, the synthesizer still lacks widespread recognition within music education programs in Catalonia, Spain. This study examined educational practices related to the synthesizer in Higher Music Education in the region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight teachers specialized in this instrument. The data analysis was carried out following the guidelines of Thematic Analysis, revealing three general themes: (i) the teaching of the synthesizer is oriented towards creative objectives, (ii) the synthesizer is taught differently depending on the specialty and the repertoire (iii) the synthesizer does not have its own instrumental modality. The article concludes with a discussion advocating for the integration of the synthesizer into music education programs to promote a more contextualized and meaningful learning experience.

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Pablo Puentes Madarnas, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Pablo Puentes Madarnás was born in Ribadavia, a Galician town with a great theatrical, cultural, wine and thermal tradition, where he began playing the piano at the age of 7 at the municipal conservatory. He graduated in Teaching with a specialty in Musical Education, has a degree in History and Music Sciences, has a Professional Degree in piano, a master's degree in Musicology and Musical Education, has a diploma in Dalcroze pedagogy from the Institut Llongueres of Barcelona and is currently He is carrying out his doctoral studies (PhD) in Musical Education at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with a research project focused on synthesizer pedagogy.

He has spent the last few years of his career between Barcelona, Boston (USA) and Sydney (Australia), working, studying and traveling. He has published articles with Xiao Xiao, Edith Ackermann, Diana Bloom and Imma Ponsatí. Pablo has played in numerous bands such as the Dudular Abiders (Boston), Stefano Rocco Trío (Sydney), Xavi Nuez (Barcelona) or the Groovy Killers (Barcelona).

Currently, Pablo is a doctoral student at the Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Diego Calderón-Garrido, University of Barcelona, Spain

Diego Calderón-Garrido, Doctor in Art History and Doctor in Educational Technology. Full Professor of the Department of Applied Didactics of the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona. His lines of research revolve around musical education in the digital society. He has been the author of more than 120 articles in indexed journals.

Perfecto Herrera, Higher School of Music of Catalonia, Spain

Perfecto Herrera has a degree in Psychology and a doctor in Information and Communications Technologies. He works as a full-time professor at the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, where he teaches subjects related to musical technology, perception and research with technologies. He is also a researcher at the Music Technology Group of the Pompeu Fabra University. His areas of specialization include automatic analysis of music, musical perception and cognition, and musical creation with analog or digital technologies, topics on which he has published more than 150 scientific articles of international scope.

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Educational practices with the synthesizer in the Higher Music Education in Catalonia

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