Teaching Applied Piano Singing While Playing Based on Xindi Applied Piano Pedagogy: Taking Fujian Vocational College of Art as an Example

As known to all, China has witnessed remarkable development in addition to its effective implementation of the “double reduction” policy. Under such circumstance, the piano has drawn more interest and parental affection as a vital course that may improve students’ all-round qualities. While piano education is gaining momentum, the country has raised the requirements for the piano teacher workforce in terms of their professional qualities. Under the background of promoting quality-oriented education nationwide, piano education in Chinese vocational colleges of art has garnered more attention. In contrast to applied piano instruction, which has received wide recognition and promotion, the traditional elite private teaching model targeted at nurturing pianists has more than ever failed to meet societal demands. The majority of graduates from vocational colleges of art seem to be unable to apply what they have learned. They are unable to compose accompaniment for simple songs, write piano music, provide piano accompaniment for singers, or sing while playing the piano. As a result, they fall short of living up to the expectations of piano teaching and meeting the needs of music teacher employment in primary and secondary schools. The development of “Xindi Applied Piano Pedagogy” can effectively address the aforementioned problems. As piano teachers, the authors experimented with Xindi Applied Piano Pedagogy to teach singing while playing the piano to first-year students at Fujian Vocational College of Art. A measurement table was used to measure the differences in various musical abilities of those students after the experiment, statistical analysis of the data was performed, and the preliminary results were obtained. The results showed that training in Applied Piano Singing while Playing led to a noticeable improvement in students’ musical literacy, harmonic hearing, singing while playing beloved songs, and other abilities. Xindi Applied Piano Pedagogy is guided by the philosophy of talent cultivation, featuring “application, theories, and practice.” It can be tailored to different students, so that they can indeed apply what they have learned and enhance their practical and innovative capabilities.