“Quando eu ouço, é como se a música estivesse tocando em mim!”: Um estudo sobre a escuta musical dos jovens

Abstract

The objective of this study was to understand what young people learn and how they learn from listening to music. Data collection was carried out in semi structured interviews with three first year high school students at a public high school in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais. Initially a bibliographical study was carried out to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the topic. Among the authors studied were Schafer (1991) who analyzed the importance of the environment of sound as a basic requirement in music education. Swanwick (2003), suggested that the most important aspect of music education is the ability to recognize that the meaning of music is closely linked to the social and cultural environment in which it has been produced. Souza (2004) studied the relationship or meaning that children and adolescents attribute to music. It was concluded that, based on the music listened to, young people attain significant musical experience. This research sought to contribute to an understanding of how young listeners perceive music and to provide insights and paths followed by these learners and the knowledge acquired as they listen to music.