A música contemporânea para trombone como estratégia de motivação no ensino secundário

Abstract

For its stylistic qualities, the use of unusual rhythms, rich tones, sound effects and innovative techniques and the rating based on symbols , contrary to the traditional rigor, the Contemporary Music is considered a captivating strand in music education by its degree of freedom execution and expression, that confers to students having a fundamental role in their music education. This dissertation have the objective of understanding the influence of the contemporary reportoir in the levels of motivation of the trombone students in high school approach. Thus , this study aims to suggest the use of contemporary music as a vehicle for the overall development of students , offering a more complete training in them. To support this purpose I proceeded to a comparison of two types of repertoire (traditional and contemporary ) to acess the impact of using each of them in the musical , cognitive, technical and psycho-motor in students as well as levels motivation of students , through direct observation of the researcher and research methods such as interviews and evaluation report on the progress of students . The results indicated that the use of contemporary music has a positive impact on student learning music , it is recommended its implementation in secondary education.

Date of Award	2014
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Sofia Serra (Supervisor)