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Inner Speech Processes Experienced in a Group Piano Lesson

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This paper presents the analysis of an interactive episode in a Group Piano lesson for children, which was intended to identify and understand the processes of the inner speech intermediated by the peers. It is a study that, by analyzing the encounter with the peers, observes the mediations and identify multiple ways to signify the inner speech and, thus, the music learning: either by gesture, word, or by the playing itself. Still, the collective context of piano lesson allows several modes of meanings to the learning. The process of the social context towards inner speech contributes to the construction and the learning of latest, since there are different modes of meanings—by the teacher and the other students. For this purpose, it was considered the singularity of each participant, the way they learned and the modes of cultural functioning, which define acts of learning. A collective Group Piano lesson was carried out, which was video recorded, transcribed and registered on a field diary, which was how the search data of the present study was constructed. In addition to the registration and description of the search data, the study also involved a commitment to theoretical, methodological, and intersubjective research interpretation. Emphasis was given to different modes of language based on Vygotsky’s Cultural Historical Psychology approach.

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    Cacá Lima is Doctoral candidate and graduated in Music by the Institute of Arts of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil) and Master in Education by São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP, Brazil). He is currently a teacher of Basic Education and guest lecturer in postgraduate and extension courses. Certified teacher in Orff-Schulwerk by the San Francisco International Orff Course (USA), former member of Orquestra Corpo (body music group from São Paulo) and music producer of the book “Batucada Song: creative corporal percussion”, with Estevão Marques, 2020.

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The time signatures

Time signatures: it is at the beginning of the music and it is represented by numbers.

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The basic note and their values

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The treble clef (G clef)

The treble clef sign indicates the G at the middle of the keyboard. It is called “G clef” too. It can move the G, and any note on the treble staff can be named, going up or down the lines and spaces.

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The bass clef (F clef)

The bass clef sign indicates the F at the middle of the keyboard. It is called “F clef” too. It can move the F, and any note on the treble staff can be named, going up or down the lines and spaces.

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The name keys

The keys are named for the first seven letters of the alphabet: A-B-C-D-E-F-G. Going up the keyboard: the notes sound higher and higher (Lancaster & Renfrow, 1995).

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The musical staff

Music is registered on a staff. It is characterized by 5 lines and 4 spaces. Some of the notes are written on the line or on the space.

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da Silva, B.V.M., Sulpicio, E.C.M.G., de Jesus de Andrade, J. (2022). Inner Speech Processes Experienced in a Group Piano Lesson. In: Fossa, P. (eds) Inner Speech, Culture & Education . Cultural Psychology of Education, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14212-3_5

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