Summary: | Music is a language that is able to reach all of its listeners. It emerges from the use
of musical notation for its composition, and passes through a decoding process, to finally
obtain an interpretation of the musical message. For this reason, it can be said that music
is a non-native language, one that can be understood by anyone without needing to know
its code. In this article an analysis of the concept of reading and writing competences in
music is proposed, locating it specifically in the field of reading and writing in language,
understanding that music uses a system of signs and codes which may be applied to the
aforementioned communicative skills. As a result of this analysis, an approach to the
incorporation of reading and writing competences in music is proposed for the school
curriculum. This project aims at contributing to the discussion about the way musical
education should be implemented in schools.
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