The Nature and Specificity of Music Training: A Multifaceted Exploration

Mingxuan Wu

doi:10.70393/616a736d.333039

OPEN ACCESS |Research Article ||15 September 2025

The Nature and Specificity of Music Training: A Multifaceted Exploration

Mingxuan Wu

Francisk Skorina Gomel State University

164438407@qq.com

Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Belarus.

* Corresponding Author¹: Mingxuan Wu, E-Mail: 164438407@qq.com

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Accepted 2025 July 20 ; Published 2025 September 15

Academic Journal of Sociology and Management, 2025, 3(5), 3005-5040.

Abstract

The predecessor of the piano was the plucked clavichord, also known as the harpsichord. It is much the same as the internal principle of the piano, which is equipped with a soundboard and many taut strings inside the body. The difference is that the piano's hammer strikes the strings, and the plucked clavichord uses a plucked plectrum to pluck the strings. In addition, there is a keyboard instrument of the same lineage, the clavichord, which is also an instrument equipped with a percussive device, and is pronounced with a brass mallet; It was not as widely used as the plucked clavichord, and was mainly played in aristocratic families at the time. In the 17th ~ 18th centuries, the plucked piano had a very prominent position in the musical life at that time, and it can be said that it was its heyday. By the beginning of the 18th century, the music of continental Europe was developing rapidly, and the plucked claviest piano with weak volume could no longer meet the needs of musicians at that time, so it was gradually replaced by the loud piano.

Keywords

Music Training , Piano Education , Piano Teaching .

Metadata

DOI:

10.70393/616a736d.333039

ARK:

ark:/40704/AJSM.v3n5a02

Pages: 6-10

References: 10

Disciplines: Education

Subjects: Curriculum Development

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Wu, M. (2025). The nature and specificity of music training: a multifaceted exploration. Academic Journal of Sociology and Management, 3(5), 6-10. https://doi.org/10.70393/616a736d.333039

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The authors thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and valuable suggestions.

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