Ansiedade na performance musical: um estudo com alunos da licenciatura e do bacharelado em violão

Abstract

The goal of this undergraduate thesis is to assess how the students of Music Education and Bachelor’s degrees at the Federal University of Paraiba, with concentration in Classical Guitar, approach anxiety in the performance setting. The nature of the research is qualitative with descriptive design, using a semi-structured questionnaire, distributed among ten guitar students of the institution, as the primary data collection instrument. The research has shown that the anxiety experienced by the participants is within the expected parameters, both in terms of symptoms and degree of intensity. The research also pointed out that the main strategy used by students to deal with the anxiety is the use of controlled breathing exercises. A few other strategies mentioned by the participants have yielded some positive effect.