Uma experiência de aprendizagem autodirigida coletiva com as lições workshops da revista Guitar Player

Abstract

This work aims to explore the musical contents of the Workshop columns of the North American magazine Guitar Player, from 1990-1995, when the magazine was the most significant reference for guitarists looking for information and training in the electric guitar. Observing the informal nature of how this contact was made with the material by the musicians and how the electric guitar learning generally happens, this work undertook a collective didactic experience with three other participating guitarists. The phases of this educational activity are guided by the principles of the concept of self-directed learning, translated into Portuguese in this work as "aprendizagem autodirigida", as it is already accepted in publications in Brazil, in the critical and cooperative approach as proposed by the authors Merryl Hammond and Rob Collins. At first, the participants make individual contact with the material to be studied, interpreting it only with the resources provided by the descriptive text and the score. From this interpretation, each participant prepares and records a video performance. In a second phase during a face-to-face meeting, the impressions of what was studied are shared and discussed, the original videos collectively appreciated, to provide more resources for profiling competencies, and to improve technical and instrumental performance. These conclusions and considerations serve as new guidelines for the preparation of a second performance, also recorded on video. The discussions of face-to-face meetings are documented in audio recordings. Audio records and videos allow for a rich experience of knowledge exchange and for a reliable source of comparison to evaluate the effectiveness of the collective process on the individual. The learning model adopted proved to be efficient and produced satisfactory practical results in the evolution of the technique and the performance of the studied material.