Abstract:
The aim of this article is to describe the study that investigated the possibility
of using Swanwick’s theory as a theoretical framework to develop and evaluate
a music curriculum proposal for primary schools. This project was created
based on the existing evidences that the spiral theory and model could be used
to assess children’s musical products through composing, performing and
listening. This study offers some theoretical and practical contributions for
music education, especially to Brazilian schools and other countries that have
such sharp differences between state and private education sectors. It raises
the question of the adequacy of having one curriculum model that can attend
such different realities, different ways of experiencing music outside schools
that will reflect the way children relate to music, and their preference to one
or more musical parameters.
