Composition of Song Accompaniment as a Form of Developing Future Music Teachers' Harmonic Hearing

Abstract

On the basis of a long pedagogical experience, in this research, the formation and developmental stages of the skill of composing the accompaniment for songs have been defined and characterized within the context of the development of future music teacher's harmonic hearing. © 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.uk Keywords: Harmonic hearing; composing song accompaniment skills; future music teachers. 1.Introduction Music making implies a broad, universal set of skills and abilities: playing an instrument and in the ensemble, choral singing, sheet music reading, as well as elements of composition and improvisation. Every melody requires its own variant of accompaniment which will not contradict its idea and style. [...]it is necessary to know many types of accompaniment. The skill of choosing the accompaniment for a melody relates to the development of * sensory skills, that relate to functioning of organs of sense (hearing); * cognitive skills, that manifest themselves at fulfilling mental tasks (skills of musical analysis); * creative skills (combinations of harmonic accompaniment); * performance skills (playing the instrumental accompaniment) (see Fig. 1). [...]in the great octave, the interval must be no less than the fifth.