Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.121
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF PIANO LEARNERS AND COUNTERMEASURES
Abstract
Piano, the king of instruments, has entered many Chinese families. However, the painstaking learning process often induce negative emotions and even psychological problems, which seriously dampen the learning effect. This paper attempts to identify the negative emotions and psychological problems that may arise in piano learning, and put forward an effective solution. First, the piano education was investigated in the light of psychological theory, revealing the signs of negative emotions. Then, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 300 piano learners of all ages in Tianjin, China, to find the causes of negative emotions in piano learning. Finally, several countermeasures were proposed to cure the negative emotions. The results show that piano learners often have six kinds of negative emotions and psychological problems, such as fear, inferiority, tension and laches; these emotions and problems are attributable to the lack of learning interests, excessive academic pressure and improper teaching methods, and should be resolved in three aspects, i.e. families, teaching model and society. The research results provide the clues to advance the piano education.
Keywords
Piano Learning, Psychological Problems, Negative Emotions, Teaching Method.