Music subject contents that students acquire through artistic problem-solving

Focusing on the quality of the Okinawan traditional music at places to celebrate

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify how learners acquire the music subject contents by discovering the value of local traditional music through artistic problem-solving. Artistic problem-solving is the use of qualitative external materials such as sounds, colors, bodies, and words to solve the gap that occurs in the continuity with direct experience in day life. This study deals with the music of Okinawan traditional music at places to celebrate. As a result of the practical analysis, it was found that the quality (content aspects) of the Okinawan celebration music that students perceive in ordinary experiences can be combined with the form and cultural aspects of the music, which leads to a new musical perspective. And when new values are found that integrate form, content, and cultural aspects, the taste deepens. In the case of local traditional music, the quality of the content aspect is particularly perceived through direct daily experience, and it was found that the recall of that quality leads to the acquisition of the content of the music subject with a real feeling.