Constructing a Piano Guidebook for Teaching First Year Undergraduates at School of Music, University of Jinan, the Peoples’ Republic of China

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          The objectives of this research were four-folds: (1) To study piano teaching pieces from experts; (2) To construct a piano guidebook for teaching first year undergraduates at School of Music University of Jinan; (3) To experiment teaching by using the guidebook; and (4) To evaluate the results of teaching by using the guidebook.Research methodology was a mixed method including qualitative and quantitative method using research and develop as the research design. The quantitative research is to measure the students' academic performance through teaching experimental group. The qualitative research is through the interview with the key informants, understand how to construct better guidebook to train playing piano.
          The research results found that: (1) The interview mainly focuses on the following aspects: Expert background; Related music theory; Genre choice; Choice of music; Schedule of teaching time and exams; (2) The final data shows that the satisfaction of the three experts on the piano guidebook is generally at the highest level, with IOC= 8.01, the average score is 0.8; (3) Through the study of this course, students can master the professional skills of basic piano performance; (4) The three experts determined that the innovation actually measured the desired properties.