Musical Exploration and Improvisation: Impact on beginners learning the Cello

The importance of incorporating musical exploration and improvisation activities in teaching students how to play an instrument points to their individual needs and presents itself as a vehicle to promote further development of these children’s technical and musical skills. This paper focuses on two case studies that intend to demonstrate the impact of musical exploration and improvisation in the technical and musical evolution of the student within the context of introduction to studying the violoncello. The results led to a discussion that could serve as a proposal for strategies on teachinglearning to play the cello