The high school classroom group piano lesson strategy applying the principles of Musical Futures in Taiwan

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this paper is to introduce Professor Lucy Green's Musical Futures(MF) approach in Britain, that employs the informal music learning methods, and to develop a high school classroom group piano lesson strategy in Taiwan based on MF approaches.
 Methods The methods is to review the literature on the informal learning, Musical Futures and group piano lessons to develop a high school classroom group piano lesson strategy applying the informal learning principles of Musical Futures.
 Results The paper developed a high school group piano lesson strategy and also briefly discussed the related psychological theories within Musical Futures.
 Conclusions Green's approach of MF is helpful for learning many kinds of music including classical music through its focus on aural training and transmission processes.