Emotional Expressiveness of Music – Students’ Perception
Keywords:
expressivity, emotional expressiveness, music education, music students, flow, optimal experience, enthusiasmAbstract
Emotional expressiveness during music performance is one of the most important factors influencing the quality and value of musical performances. The customized questionnaire by Lindström et al. (2003) was used to examine students’ conceptualization of expressivity, the expressivity in their daily practice and study of music, and the relationship between expressivity and flow experience. The results of the research indicate that the majority of students associate expressivity with emotions, and try to consciously express emotions while performing. Although their teachers devote enough time to expressiveness in class, they spend more time practicing technical skills. A correlation has been established between the time a teacher spent teaching expressive performance and the time the students spent practicing expressiveness. There is also a positive correlation between enthusiasm and expressive student performance. In order to further develop and understand both theory and music-pedagogical practice, teachers as methodologists are expected to know the existing ways of transmitting and encouraging students’ expressivity during performance, and to find new ones.
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