초등학교 음악과 지도서의 가창지도 관련 내용에 관한 비판적 고찰

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to point out the defects in the contents of teaching singing in the elementary music education guidance books and to express the necessity of teaching singing approaches that takes into account the nature of the voice production the musical functions of singing. Among the musical activities, 'singing' is the easiest and the most important musical skill since it makes people not only to express themselves and to comfort the body and mind but also to express musical concepts as vocal sound and to communicate the music concepts and interpretation through singing. Thus, in the music class of elementary school that teach basic and universal music functions, teaching singing with this view should be done. However, most of the elementary music education guide books that are currently in use present the contents that does not consider what previously mentioned. Therefore, I analyzed and explained the problems of the contents related to teaching singing in the guide books on the basis of the explanation of the principles of voice production, the vocal mechanism as well as the vocal pedagogy. The vocal mechanism may be th most complex than the mechanisms of any other instruments. However, a meaningful education can be achieved only by introducing references fo teaching singing based on the understanding of it. I hope that the results of my study will provide an opportunity to consider better and more meaningful contents for teaching singing.