Development of musical and rhythmic activity of vocal students using Russian folk round dance games

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of ways to activate the musical and creative activities of vocal students of Chinese pedagogical universities. The purpose of the work is to theoretically substantiate and experimentally test methods for developing musical and rhythmic skills of future music teachers using Russian folk round dance games. The study included the ascertaining, formative and control stages of the pedagogical experiment. At the ascertaining stage, a survey was conducted of 107 students from three Chinese universities to identify their musical preferences and ideas about methods of activating creative activity. The formative stage involved the implementation of a specially designed training program based on the use of Russian round dance games and dances. 49 students participated in the experiment, divided into experimental (EG, n=25) and control (KG, n=24) groups. The control section showed that the students of the EG demonstrated a higher level of development of musical and rhythmic skills compared to the KG according to all assessed criteria (staginess, plasticity, musicality, etc.). The results obtained confirm the effectiveness of the proposed methodology for activating the creative potential of future music teachers.