Abstract
In this study we will present an experiment performed on a group of children who were selected based on musical aptitude tests and were included in an experimental group. In this group we found children with various musical abilities: some have a very good hearing but do not always sing correctly, some did not get good results in testing melodic hearing but have rhythmic problems, others fail to reproduce the rhythm. Thanks to the systematic choral activities carried out over a period of 8 months, most children were able to achieve coordination between hearing and voice and to develop musically. If the children benefit from a specialized guidance, they can obtain expressive and technical performances through highly artistic interpretations. If the conductor manages to win the children's trust, to form their artistic discipline and to breathe into them a love for music, the satisfactions will be as grand as those received from a choir of professionals.
Highlights
Through choral singing, children cultivate and develop musicality, musical skills and abilities
If the conductor manages to win the children's trust, to form their artistic discipline and to breathe into them a love for music, the satisfactions will be as grand as those received from a choir of professionals
Musical skills are an organic component of the intellectual structure of each individual, their transformation into musical performances being shaped by culture
Summary
Children cultivate and develop musicality, musical skills and abilities (vocal qualities, melodic sense, rhythmic sense, musical memory and imagination, musical intelligence). Winner and Martino suggest that a possible basic core ability of musically gifted children is their sensitivity to the structure of music-tonality, key, harmony, and rhythm, and the ability to hear the expressive properties of music (Winner and Martino 2000, 102). In the musical activity it is very important to achieve a proper relationship between skills and attitudes, because without it, achieving high level performance would not be possible. In this sense, the existence of skills is not enough for success in the field of music, if children lack interest and perseverance for their development. Through the ongoing experiment it has been proved that musical abilities and aptitudes can be evolved through specialized guidance, and group singing is a leisure interpersonal activity with common goals, favoring empathy and social integration, promotes self-esteem, general confidence and self-efficacy
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