The thesis for Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences degree in specialty 13.00.02 – Theory and Methods of Musical Education. – Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko. – Sumy, 2021.
The thesis is a comprehensive study of the problem of teaching pupils-beginners aged 6-7 years old to play the violin on the basis of intensification.
The methodological foundations of intensification of teaching pupils-beginners aged 6-7 years old to play the violin are theoretically developed and experimentally checked. The structure of the elementary musical-performing skills of playing the violin is determined, which includes motivational-needs (interested attitude of the pupil to playing the violin and to learning in the instrumental class, a strong desire to learn playing the instrument and gain musical experience, interest in musical knowledge), cognitive (presence of elementary skills of auditory analysis and internal reproduction of elementary musical material), evaluative-emotional (ability of the student to distinguish correctness (incorrectness) of the elementary performing movements and formation of elementary performing skills on the violin), creative-performing (readiness to assess the quality of one’s own performance of musical works) and communicative-demonstration (presence of the elementary manifestations of ability to cooperate with members of the children’s musical group, presence of elements of volitional qualities, pupil’s ability to elementary creative manifestations in music and reproduction of artistic image) components, which in unity and interaction express the ability of pupils aged 6-7 years old to expressive, artistic performance of musical works. The methodological foundations of intensification of teaching violinists-beginners are developed, which are based on actualization of its personal-developmental factors, complex-variable application of methods, techniques, forms and means of teaching, subordination of development of the pupils’ violin skills plastic to the task of embodiment of an artistic image of a musical work, and provide for the introduction of principles (optimization of learning, intensification of learning, acmeological orientation of learning, integrity of music learning; hedonistic orientation of learning) and pedagogical conditions (ensuring compliance of educational process with intellectual, emotional, mental, anatomical, physiological and musical development of children; actualization of informativeness and artistic-creative filling of the educational material; activation of students’ creative manifestations). The criteria for the formation of the elementary musical-performing skills of playing the violin are developed, namely: motivational-cognitive, technological-performing, evaluative-emotional, artistic-creative, communicative-artistic.
Key words: methodological foundations, pupils-beginners, elementary musical-performing skills of playing the violin, intensification of musical training.
