Study about fundaments for an interdisciplinary approach of the Piano as a Second Instrument class that could promote integration between different fields of the academic formation at the undergraduate level in Brazil. It discusses the advantages of a pedagogical coordination between appreciation, performance and composition, with the contextualization of issues related to music teaching and musical development. Characteristics of specific profiles of undergraduate students as well as their needs and similarities are taken under consideration in order to understand the interfaces between the disciplines, musical understanding and connections between the instrumental practice and the perception of music. Some ideas of recognized pianists and teachers are considered and related to the practice of music and music teaching.
secondary piano; interdisciplinary approach in music; appreciation, performance and composition