Application of Chu Wanghua's Chinese Folk Song Arrangement in Piano Impromptu Accompaniment Teaching.

Piano impromptu accompaniment is a core course in music education major programs at Chinese universities. This study discusses three representative impromptu accompaniment courses in normal universities in China, aiming to improve the lack of Chinese harmony and folk song accompaniment content in the current classroom. Qualitative research methods are used in this paper. Data are obtained from interviews and surveys of three teachers and their students. All data are validated by methodological triangulation and combined with research objectives through typological analysis. This paper holds that the lack of Chinese harmony and folk songs in impromptu accompaniment lessons is a serious problem. It proposes applying Chu Wanghua's folk song adaptation to piano impromptu accompaniment teaching in order to solve this blind area of students' abilities. Its purpose is to enhance students' abilities of impromptu accompaniment for folk songs and better protect intangible cultural heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]