“TRÊS TOCATAS ARMORIAIS” para violão de Danilo Guanais: processos de memorização musical no contexto da teoria da aprendizagem significativa.

Abstract

The main focus of this work is the application of the Meaningful Learning Theory in the process of memorization of the musical text. The starting point of the explanation of this theory originated from educational psychology and takes the vision of David Ausubel as its main reference. In addition, some foundations of Neuroscience were applied to the learning process in order to better understand the structure in which it happens. In this context, an operationalization of the aural, visual, muscle and tactile, rhythmic, nominal, analytical and emotional memories was made with the goal of formatting a method for memorizing the musical text. To evaluate the efficiency of this method, an experiment was conducted utilizing the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney. The test was conducted with two groups of guitar students of Escola de Música da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Upon request, composer Danilo Guanais wrote the work “Três Tocatas Armoriais” specifically to be utilized in this research. The experimental group studied the work utilizing the proposed method, while the control group studied in the prevailing form. As a result, it was verified that the experimental group obtained better results than the control group.