ABSTRACT

This study investigated the characteristics of music creativity by exploring the experiences of a teacher of a music creativity class using a qualitative case study method. Analysis of an in-depth interview produced the following results. First, the characteristics of music creativity that the participant-teacher perceived wereprogressive and generative, revealed through teacher-learner interactions. Second, students’music creativity gradually developed along with each stage of instruction. Third, the teacher recognized musical ability, with a focus on aural skills, and personality traits such as activeness and spontaneity as fundamental factors affecting the development of learners’music creativity. Fourth,the teacher emphasized not only musical ability but also a rapport with learners as important qualities for teachers to have in order to nurture the students’musical creativity. This study is significant in that it examines the pedagogical aspects of music creativity through the teacher s experience of instruction, which were developed for the purpose of nurturing students’music creativity.

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