Tradition and Modernity: New Sound Proposals From the Music Schools of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community

Abstract

Background: The Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community (FSMCV) is a democratic association created 50 years ago, which represents and supports the 550 associations that make it up, with the aim of promoting, disseminating and teaching music. It promotes associationism and provides society with a way of developing cultural articulation, mainly developing its activities within the Valencian Community, although its national and international activity is very remarkable.Methodology: This article based on a prospective study using a qualitative methodology analyzes one of the proposals made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the FSMCV through the use and application of the collaborative creation system Soundcool where more than 100 students from music schools in the Valencian Community played with their own mobile devices. In order to obtain the results of this study: unstructured interviews; focus group; articipant observation and analysis of the audiovisual material collected through the different previous preparation meetings were taken into account, as well as the product of the final perforation collected by the researchers. Main Findings:The results obtained with the introduction of creative elements and strategies through new digital tools such as Soundcool, allow new spaces in the teaching of music students further integrating contemporary languages and creativity, as well as promoting their digital competence. Implications: Also with this type of proposals through the FSMCV, we reinforce the creative commitment through the production of sound by students of music schools.Using that method, we altered all sounds so they would better fit in the narrative and the different articulations that allow to highlight, to specify the characteristics of an encounter with a character, situation or geographical context. We achieved a total fusion between the literary elements, visuals and sound, and finally, formed the sound palette that would be used in the performance in real time with the Soundcool system. Creation of the sound palette: sound design.The creation of the sound palette, although very defining, still allows for later rethinking through the Soundcool system, as we divide it through the different modules that make up the app. The generation of new sounds implies an experimental process that sometimes isolates the sound from its natural source to generate a completely different one.