Tarchynska J. Formation for the students-instrumentalists expressive performance skills during the process of mastering the course "General Piano"

In the thesis the scientific prerequisites for efficient formation of expressive performance skills for students of different music specializations during the process of mastering the course "General Piano" have been examined. The primary importance of the process of rational forming the tone-making culture for the optimal education of an interpreter-pianist has been substantiated; the criteria for the appraisal of the formation process have been revealed; the state of students' mastering the expressive performance skills - as the grade of comprehension and application by non-pianists those means, which provide the expressiveness for the performing interpretation of music texts - has been investigated.There has been proved, that the efficiency of training in the "General Piano" class increases owing to the well-directed formation of basic performing experience and music-artistic thinking for the future specialists, in particular: system of performing techniques, which contribute for stylistically grounded tone-making in the interpretation of piano music in various artistic genres.