Summary:
The present study explores the methods of teaching the tambourine in the course of Traditional Greek Music, as it is taught in the music schools of the country today, through the examination of four methodologies of organ playing. Each of these authors proposes a different approach to learning the instrument, driven by his personal experience, his artistic ideology, his cultural references and the type of his studies.
The investigation of these four Tambura Methods lies in the way in which the organological, structural, ethnic, theoretical, technical, aesthetic and executive characteristics of the instrument are attributed to their manuals. Before their comparative and analytical approach, a thorough bibliographic review is made to identify and demonstrate the conceptual, historical, cultural and ideological issues that determined the way the tambourine is taught
Special mention is made of experiential and codified learning, since the Tambura Methods in question, in essence, reflect the occasional trends in this regard. The main purpose of the work is to render in a multifaceted way the way the tambourine is taught today in the Greek secondary education, mainly through the main methodologies, seen in their historical, organological and music pedagogical context, in which the discussion about the prevalence of orality and literacy is still relevant.
Keywords:
Keywords: Tambura, Teaching Methods, Orality, Literacy, Music Pedagogy, Greek Traditional Music, Music Schools