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"Mixed rhythm: musical activities for
young pianists growing up" is an 

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educational path that draws inspiration from
a text written with a colleague of mine,

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Ippolita Papale, published in 1999 by
Carisch. The path was

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experimented at a music school in
Messina and in 

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schools of all orders and grades -
from nursery schools to upper secondary schools -

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also with subjects with diversabilities. It aims 
to develop competences in two scopes of action,

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the first being musical techniques:
starting from rhythm, the

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aim is to educate towards and build
instrumental practice and

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related musical activities;
the second aim is to help

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students develop self-awareness and
mutual relationship. The teacher: "Which activity

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did you like the most?" Zaccaria:  "Improvisation."
T: "What does 

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improvisation mean?" Z.: "
To be free or to invent

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melodies
through sounds." The two

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goals are pursued
always in parallel so that students 

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may experience this path as 
a sort of game. A metaphor game 

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since all artistic codes,
the musical one in

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particular, have rules
that are like behavioral 

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rules. Games lead to ask: how
can I apply this music theory rule to my 

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everyday life? 
To use harmony means to be in

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harmony with others, and to do so,  it is necessary to have common rules. 
Therefore, it is not only a music theory

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rule. In improvisation, on the
one hand, you are free, and on the other hand 

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you have to respect rules to improvise.
This is also a rule of life.

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The idea is to use musical
instruments as tools

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to educate to life. This path
was inspired by Kodaly's approach to 

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instrument practice. An important 
point of reference is Ministerial Decree no. 201/1999

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with regard to music, 

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where it refers to
circular objectives

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in educational paths aimed at 
instrumental practice.