O ensino do contrabaixo acústico na Escola de Música Lilah Lisboa e Araújo

Abstract

This study aims to show how the teaching of acoustic bass guitar has been taking place at the Maranhão State Music School Lilah Lisboa de Araújo (EMEM). Thus, the types of acoustic bass guitar methods that were and are being used were verified, the teaching process for students and the work methodology adopted by the invited teachers were analyzed. The research methodology is qualitative in nature and questionnaires and recorded interviews were used as instruments to collect data. The bibliography present in the literature review includes texts from academic works and also part of the interviews conducted, which contains stories about the arrival of the acoustic bass guitar in São Luís MA. It was analyzed that each student showed great difficulties in studying the instrument and that they also began to live with certain problems due to the lack of guidance from a teacher in the area. However, it is important to emphasize that in 2017 there was a selection process for an acoustic bass teacher in São Luís and the teacher began working in the first semester of 2018, a fact that has contributed to the development of each student