Contribution To The Methodology Of Learning Instruments With Keyboards For Children Of Preschool Age: An Iconografic Piano Method-..

Purpose of the present investigation was the contribution to the methodology of learning music instruments with keyboards for children of preschool age due to an original and modern iconographic method of piano. The sample of the investigation were 77 children of age between 4 and 6 from preschools of Athens. These children were chosen randomly in two experimental groups and were taught keyboards-the first team with the Raynand Zurfluh method and the second team with the Theoharatou - Andreopoulou method and one team of control which were not taught keyboards. After the completion of the four month application of the methods the success of the children was valued of the two experimental teams in keyboards, and also the success of all children in the optic- kinetic trial of wppsi and in a self-made acoustic-phonetic trial. The findings showed that the children that were taught with the method of Theoharatou-Andreopoulou had 2,4 times higher standards form the children of the team (r-r).i the optic-kinetic trial they didn't differ significantly the three teams, while in acoustic-phonetic there is a small, but statistically important, difference in favor of the experimental teams. The gender was not to be of any importance for the differentiation of the results. In conclusion, the findings of the investigation were supporting the effectiveness of the Theoharatou-Andreopoulou method against the r-r method.