Systematisk analys och lösning av pianistiskt tekniska problem : instuderingsmodell tillämpad på F. Chopins etyder op. 25

Sammanfattning: The problem-area studied in the present thesis concerns pianistic technique, with special reference to the possibilities of enhancing the efficiency of pianistic practice and increasing the awareness of chosen strategies of practice. The main aim of the thesis was to develop, on the basis of literature and praxis, a model for the systematic analysis and solution of problems of pianistic technique, as a tool to realize musical intentions. In accordance with this aim, it seemed fruitful to take advantage of knowledge from a number of relevant disciplines (regarding for example, prerequisites for pianistic technique and the practical solution of musical and pianistic problems). Hereby the work has obtained an inter-disciplinary character. General Systems Theory and Systems Analysis were applied as theoretically and methodologically unifying bases, respectively. It may be pointed out that in the field of systems analysis a number of useful descriptive techniques have been developed and become well-established. These techniques and a specially designed model have been applied, partly to the musical structures which are dealt with both from a level-related and a block/line-related systems perspective, partly to the solution of problems of pianistic technique. In the latter case inter- as well as intra-musical factors are considered. To test and evaluate the special model it has been applied to Chopin’s 12 Etudes, Op. 25, and an artistic illustration of the results of this application has been given, partly through the playing of a piano concerto on stage and partly in the form of a DVD-recording. The suggested approach and the special model have proved suitable for organizing pianistic practice and for realizing musical intentions. It has proved possible: to develop a model for the systematic analysis and solution of problems of pianistic technique, as a tool to realize musical intentions; to apply this model to Chopin’s 12 Etudes, Op. 25; to give an artistic illustration of the results of this application, partly through the playing of a piano concerto on stage and partly in the form of a DVD-recording.