Erhu Pedagogy in Selected Universities in Gui Zhou Province in China.

Abstract

This dissertation aims to study Erhu pedagogy in selected universities in Guizhou Province, China. The objectives of this dissertation are 1) To infer the selected Erhu primary techniques; 2) To explore the new teaching pattern and propose related projects. 3)To test students’ satisfaction of the new Erhu teaching method and provide related suggestions. This dissertation was a qualitative research which includes related research, surveying, observing, interviewing. The data were collected based on the fieldwork from 3 Erhu instructors and 9 Erhu students in selected universities in Guizhou province. This article presents a descriptive analysis using data collected from the fieldwork, artists and professors.

The results of this dissertation are as follows: 1) There are a lot of Erhu primary techniques, which has been a great change with so many years of development since the creation of Erhu; 2) The new teaching pattern should be explored because of teaching problems and difficulties which are remained to be solved in Erhu teaching process; 3) Teachers ' and students ' satisfaction of the new Erhu teaching method is the standard to test the merits. During the development of Erhu performance art, the innovative teaching methods should be proposed and perfected constantly to establish the systematic Erhu education system in the future.

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