Development of skills in the undergraduate performer: Tuning ability on bowed strings

Abstract

The skills of music students are gradually developed in correspondence with their educational level and according to their degree of complexity until reaching professionalization at the university level. One of the main profiles is the instrumentalist performer that, at this level, integrates experiences as well as the theoretical and practical knowledge which supports the improvement of general and  specific skills. The tuning skill in music is basic and general, but when the student reaches the university level, it acquires another connotation due to the many nuances that must be considered. This paper is aimed at analyzing the peculiarities of the development of tuning skill in bowed  string instruments and its relationship with other skills necessary to achieve the interpretive development of university students. The analysis of documents and the systematization of theoretical references were carried out, mainly primary sources, which, together with the practice as instrumentalists as well as the teaching and research practices, made posible the justification and characterization of the tuning skill of university bowed string instrument players