SYNESTHETIC APPROACH TO TEACHING CHILDREN TO PLAY THE PIANO
The article discusses approaches to teaching piano at a music school for children. We defne the concept of “synesthesia” in art history, psychology, and pedagogy in order to identify the theoretical basis of the study. Synesthesia as a connection of various modes of perception becomes an efective channel for stimulating musical and creative processes and intensity of learning. For this purpose, we suggest applying a synesthetic approach to explain the meaning of musical images by means of intersensual association. This approach includes interaction of various creative activities during piano lessons-painting, sand animation, creating costumes, reading poetry-to facilitate more efective training.