EMOTIONALLY-ORIENTED APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING OF THE MUSICAL CONTENT IN THE PEDAGOGICAL PROCESS

Abstract

The article reveals the essence of the emotionally-oriented approach to understanding of the musical content in the pedagogical process. The approach developed by the author is based, on the one hand, on the idea of the emotional basis of musical art, and on the other hand, on the search for “personal meaning”, reflecting the inner soul of the participants of the educational process. The author substantiates the idea of the relationship between music and emotions, traces the formation of this idea in historical retrospect, and pays special attention to the concept of emotion as a psychological category. A pedagogical method that implements an emotionally-oriented approach, which includes five stages of work, is considered in detail. At each stage, a new level of interpretation of a musical work is formed, where each subsequent interpretation determines the transition to a deeper level of understanding of the musical content. In conclusion, the pedagogical and health-saving potential of the emotionally-oriented approach is revealed.