Syntropic music

definition, premises and pedagogical application

Abstract

Since the emergence of the field of Sound Ecology in the late 1960s, and in the course of Raymond Murray Schafer's compositional work, the use of soundscapes as raw material for the creation of Music has received attention among some composers. With the growing focus given to ecological concerns today, the need for the field of music to incorporate these issues in its making is amplified and, therefore, this text deals with syntropic music, a proposition aimed at musical creation and guided by the concepts of Sound Ecology, by Schafer, and Deep Ecology, by Arne Naess. To this end, the postulates and fundamental elements constitutive of this artistic proposal are discussed, in the light of these fields. Furthermore, there are also some results related to its practical application in the field of Music Education, that provide evidence of its usefulness for the training of teachers in the respective area.