Piano teaching approaches: foreign experience

Li Jingbo

The article is devoted to the problems of teaching methods in playing the piano in foreign countries. The purpose of the article is to consider the main methodological approaches in modern musical pedagogy (in some foreign countries). The objectives of the article are consistent with the goal and consist in analyzing the scientific literature on the research topic, as well as in summarizing the approaches and practices of teaching piano in foreign countries while moving away from the traditional teaching system. The methodology of the article is based on a systematic approach and includes a group of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction), as well as a group of special methods: content analysis of scientific literature on the research topic; as well as elements of descriptive analysis. Based on the research, the author of the article concludes that the dominant in modern foreign countries teaching methods of playing the piano are (in addition to the traditional method) an integrative interdisciplinary approach and cultural analysis of music (China); simplified and group method (USA), as well as online formats with a predominance of proprietary private methods (France and Germany). The author considers the humanization of music education: accessibility, understanding of the cultural specifics of students, and also taking into account individual educational needs as a general trend in modern musical pedagogy of teaching piano.

Keywords:musical pedagogy, musical education, traditional method, piano, foreign experience in teaching.