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AMERICAN PIANO METHOD BOOKS

AND THEIR USE IN SOUTH KOREA

Plan 1.

Plan 2.

Plan 3.

Online survey

Alfred's Basic Piano Library

Piano Adventures

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2

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Interviews

50

Research

Qualtrics

Alfred's Basic Piano Library

(Alfred's Premiere Piano Course)

pedagogy

SANGJIWON INC.

  • 1980s
  • National Association of Musical Merchants
  • Sub-authors

WORKSHOP

Piano Adventures

BEYER

  • Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101

Known as the #1 Premium Piano Method in South Korea

- German

- Ferdinand Beyer

- 1860

Comparisons

  • Introduced by Japanese

Alfred's Premiere Piano Course

Alfred's Basic Piano Library

  • Pedagogical studies and literature, 1970-80s:

"The Beyer method stressed only finger exercise... mechanical practice to improve skills... but it did not teach any underlying philosophical aspect of musicianship involving music in general and the piano in particular."

Initially no alterations, but "Sangjiwon asked for permission to make some changes."

New artwork

"Basically no alterations"

What is it?

Certification Program

  • "Parents or music school owners are likely to hire the ones with the certification." (J.Kim)
  • Currently more than 9,500 certified teachers
  • Training required

Interview with E.L. Lancaster

  • 2012, Holds distribution rights
  • Purpose: To further expand the Piano Adventures method to piano teachers in Korea and to provide a student-centered piano pedagogy program to the students

(Hyang-yop Choi)

Comparisons

S. KOREA:

"The slight alterations in the visual content are more suited for the Korean culture."

Conversation with Joanna Kim

  • Alfred's Basic Piano Library/ Alfred's Premiere Piano Course (ABPL/ APPC)

American Methods:

  • Piano Adventures

History of

Piano & Education

2

1900

ASSUMPTION:

Growing use of American methods?

Confucianism

Foreign missionaries, merchants, diplomats

3 Objectives:

1) to show the overall change in trend of the use of piano method books,

2) to demonstrate the overall increase in the number of teachers that prefer the American method books over the traditional German method, and its continued growing tendency, and

3) to find out how the teachers in Korea make use of the American method books, and their reasons for using them.

"Must learn"

post-

Korean War

Household

furniture

Your pictures & videos here

swimming, art, Taekwando, English, mathematics

By Christine Choi

Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Doctor of Musical Arts

Horace A. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

I

ssues

Books and Methods, Past

"More suited and appropriate for Koreans and the Korean culture."

?

  • Traditional Korean educational system

?

So-called Beyer methods are no longer 'the Beyer'

Version 2

Beyer for Children

Same publisher:

Se-kwang New Beyer

  • Two volumes, in color
  • No substantive change in content
  • New illustrations, changes in the sizes of notes
  • Addition of twenty new repertoire pieces of popular foreign children songs and folk tunes

*

"BEYER"

* Kid's Beyer * Fun Beyer * Happy Beyer * Good Morning Beyer *

* Good Morning Children Beyer * Hyundai Beyer * Hello Kitty Beyer *

* Little Beyer * Do-Do Beyer * New Ilshin Beyer * Master Children Beyer *

* La-La-La Beyer * New Beyer * Plus New Beyer * Point Beyer * Gold Beyer *

* Standard Beyer *Cookie Beyer * New World Beyer * Music Travel Circle Beyer *

* Beyer and Friends * I Love Beyer* Level Beyer * Story Beyer * Ice Cream Beyer *

Other Methods

Version 3

Version 1

*

New Se-kwang Beyer

Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101

  • Intended to teach the technique of playing piano
  • Chung: "method" school of technique
  • Pedagogical pieces, emphasis on mechanical finger exercises
  • One volume, black and white
  • No illustrations, no explanations
  • "Westernized"
  • Four volumes, in color
  • Sixty new repertoire pieces, some of which are actual Korean children's songs and folk tunes
  • Addition of music theory, musicianship, technique lessons

"(It was) intended to improve existing methods by taking advantage of the merits of foreign piano methods."

Online survey

BEYER

Background

March

Issues

Interview

Methods

Conclusion

REVISIONS

Current Methods

Original ('old Beyer')

Beyer for Children,

New Se-kwang Beyer

(+ different editions)

Christine Choi * April 5th, 2014 * 2PM * Britton Recital Hall * University of Michigan

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