Expressivity as Factor of Excellence in Musical Performance
Expressivity as Factor of Excellence in Musical Performance

Summary/Abstract: Expressivity is one of the main modalities for listeners to make a deep connection to music and emotionally respond to its messages. Researches have proven that the desire to have emotionally pleasant experiences, by music, is one of the students’ main motivational sources. The challenge, for professors, is to find the ways to teach expressivity, along with other musicrelated elements, with a view to offering the students the possibility to identify themselves more closely with the musical masterpieces, as well as to benefit from more significations. The purpose of this paper is to consider how the theory and researches on expressivity may help in the daily practice of the musical study. In the first place, a traditional vision on expressivity is described; then, a revised approach, based on modern researches, is presented. In the end, a new empirical approach is submitted and assessed, which is aimed at increasing expressivity and which is called cognitive feedback (CFB).

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