A Influência das representações mentais no desenvolvimento cognitivo-musical dos estudantes do curso de música – licenciatura da UFC, campus Sobral: uma investigação na banda do norte

Abstract

This research investigated the influences of mental representations on cognitive-musical development in the learning process of students participating in Banda do Norte, belonging to the Capacitação de Mestre de Banda of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) Music Course, Campus Sobral. The methodological procedures used included a literature review on the three main themes of the research, namely: Musical Cognition, Musical Education and Collective Teaching of Musical Instruments, as well as the analysis of the field reports of the observations of the Music Band rehearsals. From this, a musical experiment was carried out to investigate the constructions of mental representations during the execution of a musical work. The data were collected during an essay by Banda do Norte, considering the manifestations of thought expressed individually by the group members, and the results were organized in some categories of mental representations, such as Imagination, Memory, Learning, Musical Presentation, Personal State and Musical Taste. After collecting this information, a detailed interpretation of the data was performed in order to understand the process of building mental representations, allowing to highlight elements that can be used for the elaboration of proposals and educational methodologies relevant to the commitment of musical education with the construction of a significant musical experience.