The integration of deliberate practice and informal practice in instrumental music learning
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2006.55351Keywords:
instrumental pedagogy, approaches and strategies of instrumental music practice, deliberate practice, informal practice, Grupo UAKTIAbstract
This article discusses the relevance of integrating two approaches of instrumental practice in music - the deliberate practice and the informal practice. The discussion includes viewpoints of researchers on instrumental practice as well as opinions of four Brazilian piano pedagogues. Additionally, it discriminates the informal practices developed by the musicians of Grupo UAKTI. The article concludes that both deliberate and formal practices can be seen as complementary and suggests that the pedagogical strategy integrating both approaches would bring great benefits to instrumental players.
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