Children's practice of computer-based composition
(2005) In Music Education Research 7(1). p.21-37- Abstract
- Today’s children live in a world where music in all its different forms has become a significant factor in their everyday life. This article describes a 2-year empirical study of nine 8-year-old Swedish children creating music with synthesiser and computer software. The aim of the study is to describe and clarify the creative processes of computer-based composition. The tasks given to the children were framed as invitations to create music to different pictures. Computer MIDI-files were systematically collected covering the sequence of the composition processes step by step: observations were made of their work; and interviews were carried out with each of the participants. In the analysis, five variations of the practise of composing were... (More)
- Today’s children live in a world where music in all its different forms has become a significant factor in their everyday life. This article describes a 2-year empirical study of nine 8-year-old Swedish children creating music with synthesiser and computer software. The aim of the study is to describe and clarify the creative processes of computer-based composition. The tasks given to the children were framed as invitations to create music to different pictures. Computer MIDI-files were systematically collected covering the sequence of the composition processes step by step: observations were made of their work; and interviews were carried out with each of the participants. In the analysis, five variations of the practise of composing were identified, each with a different object in the foreground of the activity: (i) the synthesiser and computer; (ii) personal fantasies and emotions; (iii) the playing of the instrument; (iv) the music itself; and (v) the task. The findings of the present study also give evidence that young children are able to create music with form and structure. (Less)
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- Nilsson, Bo LU and Folkestad, Göran LU
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- publishing date
- 2005
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- keywords
- Pedagogy, Pedagogik
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- Music Education Research
- volume
- 7
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
- ISSN
- 1461-3808
- DOI
- 10.1080/14613800500042042
- language
- English
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- yes
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