Development and Realization of "a New Arrangement of Children's Songs" An Educational Support Program for the Purpose of Developing Artistic Creativity

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13187
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Ishinomaki Senshu University
• Principal Investigator: KONDO Yuko 石巻専修大学, 人間学部, 教授 (50461265)
• Research Collaborator: KUMAZAWA Sumiko ; OWA Keiko
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 作曲 / 編曲 / 子どもの歌 / 弾き歌い / ピアノ伴奏

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using both theoretical and practical analysis of children’s songs used in child-care worker training schools and the child-care workplace, a new arrangement was devised through theoretical clarification of points that, from the point of view of a musical composer, were considered 1) difficult to play 2) difficult to sing 3) unmusical. Tests were conducted on the newly developed works in university lectures together with fellow researchers. Students opined that the newly arranged songs had accompaniments that were easier to play than before, allowing them to play songs that had hitherto been impossible for them, and also claimed that the arrangements sounded better. This was a positive result from the point of view of the composer that arranged the children’s song. It also prompted child-care worker training school educators and child-care workers to show greater interest in musical accompaniment and attempt new children’s songs, showing how arrangement can unlock hidden potential.

Free Research Field

作曲、音楽理論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、わが国で等閑視されてきた保育系音楽の向上を目指すために保育者養成校の教員や学生、保育者が容易に演奏できる「新しい子どもの歌」を開発し、その試行や、本実施にできるだけ多くの参加者を得ることによって、保育系音楽の授業および保育現場での音楽の質的向上を図ることが意図されている。