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Laporte, Jean-Francois. "Feedback : iterative research-creation processes between instrument-building, composition and performance." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34777/.
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This text is a commentary on my preoccupations over the course of my doctoral research from 2013 to 2017. It accompanies a portfolio of works realized and submitted as part of this doctoral thesis, which looks more specifically at feedback as an iterative process between myself as instrument-builder, composer and performer. This approach, which puts sound center stage as the primary material, emphasizes the organic and bidirectional internal influences among these three creative poles. This thesis is devoted to the main subject of my doctoral research: the notion of creative feedback among instrument-builder, composer and performer. It is in five parts: 1. A definition of my principal influences and aesthetic biases; 2. A portrait outlining the connections of influence among the instrument-builder, composer and performer; 3. A discussion of relationships outside the creative process itself, that is to say the influence of other artists (composers, musicians, other instruments) in my approach to research creation; 4. A demonstration of how I use the influences of other composers, other musicians and even other artists whose works speak to and inspire me; and 5. A presentation of three concrete examples from the portfolio realized during my doctoral research The body of work submitted includes: three new instruments, two sound installations,four compositions and three comprovisations.
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Dorothy, Wayne F. "Relationships between ensemble placement, musical independence, gender, and instrument family, among band students at three regional universities." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1019475.
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Little is known about post-secondary band students' growth in musical independence, nor have the relationships between ensemble placement, year in school, gender, and instrument family been documented. Little research is available regarding the effects of instrument family (on which the student performs) or gender on the development of musical independence among music majors. Additionally, previous studies have identified a drop in music achievement test scores for college music majors as they progress from their freshman to sophomore or sophomore to junior years. This study attempts to address and evaluate these issues.The introduction presents a brief overview of the purpose and importance of the study. The review of related literature explores musical independence and the assessment of musical independence, as well as relationships between musical independence, ensemble placement, related listening skills, gender, and instrument family.Richard Colwell's Music Achievement Test 3 and Music Achievement Test 4 were administered to 354 band students at Ball State University, Florida State University, and Wichita State University. Test scores and demographic data including school, student identification number (usually a social security number), top ensemble in which the student participated (1st, 2nd, or 3rd), college major (music major or non-music major), year in school (freshman through graduate student), gender (male or female), and instrument family (woodwind, brass, or percussion) were collected. Data was entered into Statview II, a statistical analysis program for the Macintosh computer. Data was analyzed using ANOVA, Scheffe, and permutation analysis. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations for additional research were made.School of Music
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Farnsley, Stephen H. "Gunther Schuller, his influence on the French horn." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/469339.
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Gunther Schuller is presently one of America's most influential music personalities. As one colleague of Schuller's at the New England Conservatory has written, "In many ways, Gunther Schuller is a modern incarnation of the renaissance man, with his interests and abilities flowing from him like ripples in a pond."1 Schuller, in his six decades, has been one of the nation's first-rate orchestral horn players and has participated in the instrument's introduction into the jazz medium; his interest in musicological research has encompassed the study of various types of music and resulted in Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, 2 considered by some to be "the definitive musicological treatment of jazz history . . ..”3 Schuller is also recognized as a leading contemporary composer and conductor, former composition instructor and long-time artistic co-director of the annual summer Tanglewood Festival, and teacher, authority, and author on horn playing.The dissertation traces Schuller's varied career, giving particular attention to his phenomenal success as a virtuoso of the French horn by age seventeen. The study also details his development as a composer, concentrating primarily on his compositional style as revealed in the works for horn as a solo and chamber music instrument. Among the works discussed are the horn concertos, the woodwind suite and brass quintet, Lines and Contrasts for sixteen horns, and Five Pieces for Five Horns. Included in the discussion is his unpublished and virtually unknown first Horn Concerto, which was written (and performed only once) by the composer while he was first horn in the Cincinnati Symphony. For the research, a copy of the manuscript was provided by the composer. (To date, the only published remnant is an arrangement of the second movement entitled Nocturne for horn and piano.)The dissertation examines Schuller's ideas concerning the "art" of modern horn playing through a discussion of his writings (Horn Technique), his musical studies (Studies for Unaccompanied Horn and Duets for Unaccompanied Horns), and through the observations of colleagues and former students. Fortunately, some of Schuller's well-articulated thoughts on musicianship in general and horn playing specifically have been retained in the tapes of the Sixth Annual International Horn Workshop, held at Ball State University in 1974. These are transcribed and included in the Appendix.In summary, the research is in three major sections. The first deals with biographical information-- Schuller's various careers, a survey of his compositions and writings, and a discussion and evaluation of his playing career based on information from his colleagues, recordings, and reviews. Section two examines the composer’s style and his influence on the instrument’s technique through a detailed study of the solo and chamber works for horn. Part three concerns his pedagogical and philosophical ideas regarding music education, with particular attention to the horn and horn playing.1. Frank Battisti, "Gunther Schuller and His Many Worlds of Music," The Instrumentalist, XXXII (June, 1978), p. 39.2. Gunther Schuller, Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, (New York: Oxford University Press), 1968.3. Robert Palmer, "Gunther Schuller: On the American Musical Melting Pot," Downbeat, XLIII (Feb. 12, 1976), 12.
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Wootton, Joan Elizabeth. "Teaching braille music notation to blind learners using the recorder as an instrument." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50461.
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Thesis (PhD) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The researcher encountered the following problems while teaching braille IWSic notation to blind learners at the Pioneer School in Worcester: • Young learners learning to read braille IWSic notation with the piano as mediwn appeared to struggle technically. For example, blind children experienced difficulty finding the correct keys over seven octaves; they had generally weak posture; they had to learn to play one part with one hand while the other hand would read; they had to memorise the music for each clef individually and then combine them cognitively; they had to memorise the soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts of a piece; they often experienced discouragement because of the very slow progress they made compared with their sighted peers. • Although learners seemed to find the recorder technically more manageable, currently available braille recorder tutors proved to be inadequate. This inadequacy was a result of the tutors having been designed for the sighted child. The researcher thus set out to design a more appropriate approach than is currently available for teaching braille music notation to the blind, with the recorder as medium. The research method was qualitative and included a literature survey which covered the following unique needs of the blind learner: • psychological • emotional and social • concept development • motor skills (orientation, laterality, posture, coordination) • tactile perception • creativity and self expression The qualitative research also included video observation of a series ofiodividual and group lessons. The lesson material emerged from a programme designed by the researcher and was based on the literatme study. An observation panel. together with the researcher, evaluated the lessons on predetenDned coded assessment criteria 'The lessons and progrannne were adapted according to feedback from the lessons. The qualitative research includes interviews with five blind learners and six teachers of braille music notation. The interviews were designed to gather information on how blind learners can more appropriately be taught the braille music code. The unique needs of blind learners, in particular those concerning orientation and perceptual awareness, are considered in this alternative approach for teaching braille music notation to blind learners. 'The alternative programme is skills based and can be used convElliently in conlunetion with the Outcomes- Based Education (OBE) modeL
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die navorser het die volgende probleme ondervind tydens baar onderrig van braille musieknotasie aan blinde leerders by Pionierskool in Worcester: • Dit wil voorkom asofjong leerders wat braille musieknotasie moet aanleer met die klavier as medium, tegniese probleme ondervind. Blinde kinders het dit byvoorbeeld moeilik gevind om die korrekte toetse oor sewe oktawe te vind; oor die algemeen was hulle houding swak; hulle moes leer om een stemparty met een hand te lees terwyl die ander hand gespeel het; hulle moes die musiek vir elke sleutelteken apart memoriseer en die stemme kognitiefbymekaar sit; hulle moes die sopraan, alt. tenoor en bas stempartye van 'n stuk memoriseer, hulle is baie keer moedeloos, weens hulle stadige vordering, in vergelyking met hulle siende portuurgroep. • A1hoewel dit gelyk het asof leerders die bioldIuit tegnies meer hanteerbaar gevind het, blyk huidige beskikbare braille bloldluit handleidings nie geskik te wees nie. Hierdie ontoereikendheid is as gevolg van die feit dat die handleidings vir die siende kind ontwerp IS. Derhalwe het die navorser gepoog om 'n meer toeganklike benadering te ontwikkel as wat tans beskikbaar is vir die onderrig van braille misieknotasie aan die blinde, met die bioldIuit as medium. Die ondersoekmetode was kwalitatief van aard en het onder andere 'n literatuuroorsig ingesluit wat die volgende unieke behoeftes van die blinde leerder ingesluit het: • siellnmdig • emosioneel en sosiaal • konsep ontwikkeling • motoriese vaardighede (oriëntasie, lateraliteit, houding, koOrdinasie) • gevoelswaarneming
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MCDONALD, JUNE CLARKSON. "THE APPLICATION OF EDWIN GORDON'S EMPIRICAL MODEL OF LEARNING SEQUENCE TO TEACHING THE RECORDER." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184116.
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A study was conducted with third-grade children in a university laboratory school to determine the relative effectiveness of a method for teaching recorder in which the sequential objectives are logically ordered by Edwin Gordon's empirical model of learning sequence and a traditional method which stresses note reading. The criteria used for comparison were change in the level of developmental music aptitude and performance achievement on the recorder. A review of the literature supported Edwin Gordon's theory of developmental music aptitude which proposes that until about age nine, environmental factors can affect the level of music aptitude, and, at about age nine, music aptitude stabilizes. The review of the literature also supported the use of singing activities with instrumental instruction, and the application of verbal association systems to tonal and rhythmic patterns as pedagogical techniques. Treatment for the control group involved a teaching-learning procedure in which individual fingerings, pitches, and rhythm symbols were presented in isolation and assembled in playing songs from notation. The method used with the experimental group involved a teaching-learning sequence in which children first learned to sing the song by rote. In learning to play the song on the recorder, each melodic and rhythmic pattern was isolated and initially sung or chanted. A verbal association system was then associated with the tonal and rhythmic pattern. The notation representing the pattern was introduced after extensive aural and verbal association experience, and after learning several songs. Primary sources of data included: pretest/posttest using Gordon's PMMA to measure developmental music aptitude change, and a rating scale test to measure recorder performance achievement. Results of the PMMA supported the alternative hypotheses that the experimental group had significantly higher mean composite and rhythmic increases than the control group. The mean increase in the tonal scores was greater for the experimental group, but not significantly higher at the .05 level. Results of the investigator-designed performance achievement tests supported the alternative hypotheses that the experimental method of teaching recorder was more effective in all dimensions--melodic, rhythmic, executive skills, and composite--than the traditional method.
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Hessel, Eric. "Addressing Technical and Musical Demands of Contemporary Music for Horn through Newly-Composed Etudes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538667/.
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Contemporary music for horn often requires techniques and musical or notational considerations that are unconventional with respect to the standard pedagogy of the instrument. As such, these considerations often represent a level of challenge to which the average-intermediate to advanced-hornist is unprepared to approach or altogether unfamiliar. The most prominent of these demands arising in the last few decades of the twentieth century through today include microtonality (such as extended just intonation and quarter tones), extended techniques in combination or juxtaposition (such as multiphonics and right hand technique), rhythmic complexity (including metric modulation, non-dyadic meters, additive rhythms, and nested tuplets), and unconventional notations (graphic, spatial, and other temporal notations). This document first surveys the challenges of the repertoire in question, which includes works by György Ligeti, Thea Musgrave, Milton Babbitt, Brian Ferneyhough, Iannis Xenakis, Heinz Holliger, and Douglas Hill, among others. After considering the merits and limitations of existing pedagogical materials that work towards these ends, the document then underlines a strategic pedagogical goal for understanding and approaching unconventional contemporary repertoire through newly-composed etudes. This document is written in conjunction with and justification for the author's 24 Unconventional Etudes for Horn, and includes examples therefrom.
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Boonzaaier, Devandre. "A theoretical study on the Alexander technique for the organ." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015727.
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The aim of this research is to provide a theoretical framework of the Alexander Technique for organists. Frederick Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor who developed a technique to enable and enhance his own performance. This innovative technique is now used across the world, including South Africa. In this study the researcher provides a Literature Study of the Alexander Technique. Furthermore, he investigates and reports on the practises of a number of organists. A multiple case study approach was adapted and data was collected by means of questionnaires, personal observations and informal interviews. The data gathered in this study is described and analysed. The study culminates with a description of a theoretical framework for the application of the Alexander Technique for organists.
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Brown, Mary Janet. "Student attitude toward instrumental music education during the first year of instruction." Connect to resource, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1120586967.
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Garcia, Daniele Munhoz [UNESP]. "Som e vida após a lata: construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108809.
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000772246.pdf: 1651312 bytes, checksum: 694d4e1049c63a00daa7cecc14f0275e (MD5)Este trabalho buscou verificar a interferência da construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo como solução para a crença dos estudantes na impossibilidade de praticar música e na ideia de que o ato de tocar esteja condicionado à aquisição de um instrumento musical, modificando o que pensam sobre a ideia de tocar instrumentos e fortalecendo, dessa forma, a sua crença na própria capacidade. Os resultados foram obtidos por meio de pesquisa de campo com entrevistas, observação de oficinas de construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo e análise de documentos sobre o assunto, além da triangulação dessas fontes pelo método qualitativo. Concluiu-se que para se obter um resultado positivo é necessário ter uma pré-conscientização ou ao menos a não instalação de um pensamento limitador em relação à pratica musical, em primeira instância uma experiência fácil e exitosa com instrumentos de simples execução, além da rede social que a incentive e o tempo como fator importante para mudança. Foram verificadas quatro oficinas que apresentaram resultados que confirmaram a hipótese, duas de forma mais expressiva, o que corrobora a construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo como uma ferramenta possível para o ensino de música voltado a necessidades dos estudantes, como elemento facilitador da prática musical e como oportunidade de desenvolvimento pessoal além da música
This paper aimed to verify the interference of the construction of musical instruments with alternative material as a solution to students’ belief in the inability to practice music, and in the idea that the act of playing is conditioned on acquisition of a musical instrument, changing what they think about playing instruments and empowering this way their belief of their own capacity. The results were obtained through field research with interviews, observation workshops of musical instruments with alternative material and analysis of documents about the subject, and the triangulation of these sources by the qualitative method. It was concluded that to obtain a positive result it is necessary to have a pre-consciousness or at least not to install a limiting thought in relation to musical practice, in first instance an easy and successful experience with tools simple to perform, as well as social network that encourages and time as an important factor for changing. It was verified that four workshops presented results confirming the hypothesis, two in a more significant, which supports the construction of musical instruments with alternative material as a possible tool for teaching music geared to the needs of students, as a facilitator of musical practice to them, and as an opportunity for personal development beyond the music
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Garcia, Daniele Munhoz. "Som e vida após a lata : construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo /." São Paulo, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108809.
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Orientador: Paulo Augusto CastagnaCoorientador: Lia Tomás
Banca: Paulo Roxo Barja
Banca: Sonia Regina Albano de Lima
Resumo: Este trabalho buscou verificar a interferência da construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo como solução para a crença dos estudantes na impossibilidade de praticar música e na ideia de que o ato de tocar esteja condicionado à aquisição de um instrumento musical, modificando o que pensam sobre a ideia de tocar instrumentos e fortalecendo, dessa forma, a sua crença na própria capacidade. Os resultados foram obtidos por meio de pesquisa de campo com entrevistas, observação de oficinas de construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo e análise de documentos sobre o assunto, além da triangulação dessas fontes pelo método qualitativo. Concluiu-se que para se obter um resultado positivo é necessário ter uma pré-conscientização ou ao menos a não instalação de um pensamento limitador em relação à pratica musical, em primeira instância uma experiência fácil e exitosa com instrumentos de simples execução, além da rede social que a incentive e o tempo como fator importante para mudança. Foram verificadas quatro oficinas que apresentaram resultados que confirmaram a hipótese, duas de forma mais expressiva, o que corrobora a construção de instrumentos musicais com material alternativo como uma ferramenta possível para o ensino de música voltado a necessidades dos estudantes, como elemento facilitador da prática musical e como oportunidade de desenvolvimento pessoal além da música
Abstract: This paper aimed to verify the interference of the construction of musical instruments with alternative material as a solution to students' belief in the inability to practice music, and in the idea that the act of playing is conditioned on acquisition of a musical instrument, changing what they think about playing instruments and empowering this way their belief of their own capacity. The results were obtained through field research with interviews, observation workshops of musical instruments with alternative material and analysis of documents about the subject, and the triangulation of these sources by the qualitative method. It was concluded that to obtain a positive result it is necessary to have a pre-consciousness or at least not to install a limiting thought in relation to musical practice, in first instance an easy and successful experience with tools simple to perform, as well as social network that encourages and time as an important factor for changing. It was verified that four workshops presented results confirming the hypothesis, two in a more significant, which supports the construction of musical instruments with alternative material as a possible tool for teaching music geared to the needs of students, as a facilitator of musical practice to them, and as an opportunity for personal development beyond the music
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Van, Scoyoc Marilyn Linda. "The development and evaluation of electronic wind controller instructional materials and techniques for the instrumental music educator /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1991. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11168183.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991.Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Harold F. Abeles. Dissertation Committee: Robert Pace. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-119).
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Erwin, Joanne (Joanne Hall). "Stability of Secondary String Teachers' Rehearsal Behavior." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332546/.
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The purpose was to establish the stability of behavior of secondary string teachers. The research problems were (a) to establish the frequency of selected observable elements of content and instructional strategies; (b) to estimate the stability of observed teaching behaviors within and across rehearsals; and (c) to determine the stability of pacing within and across rehearsals. In conclusion, for the population observed, stability of behavior existed. The variable of multiple conduction, not given much attention in research or pedagogical literature, weighted heavily in frequency of occurrence. Demonstration and verbal imagery, encouraged by strong experts, received less than 3% of rehearsal time. Pacing should be considered an important variable in the instructional process and merits further definition and research.
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Ayers, Angela Gillian. "Articulation in brass playing : the tongue - friend or foe?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7778.
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Bibliography: leaves 97-99.This dissertation attempts to demonstrate the role the tongue plays in articulation in brass playing. It briefly examines oral anatomy, physiology and theories on motor learning, and describes the tongue's position in producing English speech sounds. It shows how these positions are used to teach different articulation techniques on the various brass instruments. Articulation styles and (tonguing) exercises, which could aid in the improvement of tongue articulation, are highlighted. It is hoped that these highlights will add insight for both present and future brass teachers.
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Thomas, James Earl Jr. "Use of music learning readiness skills in the musical development of beginning instrumental music students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1336.
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Mueller, Rodney Alan. "The development and pilot testing of a hypermedia program to supplement undergraduate string techniques class instruction in upper string vibrato." Full text available online (restricted access), 1997. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/Mueller.pdf.
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Kirsch, Simone Hillary. "Psychological aspects of one-on-one instrumental teaching at the tertiary level." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17372.
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Thesis (M.Mus.)-- University of Stellenbosch, 2006.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Of an inter-disciplinary nature, this thesis examines certain pertinent psychological aspects with regard to one-on-one instrumental teaching at the tertiary level. It is apparent that this area has not been the focus of much investigation. However, in recent years, together with research into new, forward-thinking philosophies in music education, there has been an examination of some psychological aspects pertaining to instrumental teaching by researchers such as Mackworth-Young (1990), Kennell (2002), and Creech & Hallam (2003). Although most researchers have focused primarily on students of school-going age, more recently attention has begun to be given to tertiary level instrumental teaching. There are many ways to approach one-on-one instrumental teaching. There is no doubt that these have been tried and tested, and, in their own way, have been successful. They range from the traditional to the master-apprenticeship model, the latter most commonly used in university music departments. While it is not the purpose of this thesis to discuss pedagogical principles per se, the researcher proposes a student-centred model based on humanistic trends in psychology, with particular reference to Rogers. This model emphasises the importance of the teacher/student relationship and a holistic view of students. In addition, the developmental stage of university students is investigated in order to provide more insight and understanding of students’ place in the life cycle. Such psychological knowledge can equip teachers with skills, which would assist them to deal with sensitive issues that may be beyond their common sense and expertise. Consequently, the application of these psychological principles to instrumental teaching at the tertiary level is investigated by examining both the teacher/student relationship and a student-centred approach in the studio. A student-centred focus is one where the teacher has a facilitative function. Such a teacher leads students to be proactive and to be full participants in their own learning process. Consequently students would develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. At the same time they would learn how to take responsibility for their actions. In such a milieu they are given the freedom to express themselves without fear of reprisal, and are made aware that they are valued and accepted unconditionally as unique individuals. This kind of environment should encourage the development of both cognitive and affective aspects of their personalities while simultaneously being conducive to optimal learning and to the maximising of their full potential at this stage. This researcher believes that the student-centred approach offers a more humanizing view than the traditional view of teaching. It is not the intention of the researcher to reject other styles of teaching, since it is fully appreciated that there are diverse views, which have their merit and should be recognised. However, there is a need to investigate whether student-centred teaching can be used exclusively, or whether it can offer an alternative to more conventional approaches, working independently of or perhaps complementarily to these.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis is van interdissiplinêre aard en eksamineer daarom pertinente psigologiese aspekte met betrekking tot individuele (een-tot-een) instrumentale onderrig op tersiêre vlak. Klaarblyklik het navorsing nog nie veel op hierdie terrein gefokus nie. In die onlangse verlede is navorsing egter wel gedoen oor nuwe, progressiewe musiekopvoedingsfilosofieë, onder andere in verband met psigologiese aspekte van instrumentale onderrig, deur navorsers soos Mackworth-Young (1990), Kennel (2002), en Creech & Hallam (2003). Hoewel die meeste navorsers primêr op studente van skoolgaande ouderdom gefokus het, is daar meer onlangs begin om aandag te skenk aan instrumentale onderrig op tersiêre vlak. Individuele instrumentale onderrig kan op baie maniere geskied. Ongetwyfeld is hierdie metodes deeglik beproef en is hulle, in eie reg, suksesvol. Dit sluit uitgangspunte in wat strek vanaf die tradisionele- tot die meester-vakleerlingmodel. Laasgenoemde is die model wat oorwegend in musiekdepartemente van universiteite gebruik word. Omdat die primêre doelstelling van hierdie tesis nie die bespreking van pedagogiese beginsels as sodanig is nie, stel die navorser 'n studentgesentreerde model, gebaseer op humanistiese tendense in die sielkunde met besondere verwysing na Rogers, voor. Dié model beklemtoon die belangrikheid van die dosent/studentverhouding asook 'n holistiese siening van studente. Daarbenewens word die persoonlike ontwikkelingsfaktore van universiteitstudente ondersoek met die oog op verkryging van insig in en begrip van die plek wat die studentfase in die lewenssiklus beklee. Sielkundige kennis van dié aard kan dosente vaardighede bied wat kan help om doeltreffend om te gaan met sensitiewe kwessies wat dalk buite die grense van ouderwetse gesonde verstand en vakkennis val. Gevolglik word die toepassing van hierdie psigologiese beginsels op instrumentale onderrig op tersiêre vlak nagespoor deur 'n ondersoek na die dosent/studentverhouding en 'n studentgesentreerde benadering in die onderrigstudio. 'n Studentgesentreerde pedagogiese fokus behels dat die dosent 'n fasiliterende funksie moet verrig. So 'n dosent lei studente om pro-aktief te wees en om volledige deelnemers in hul eie leerproses te word. Studente sal gevolglik kritiese denke en vaardighede in probleemoplossing ontwikkel. Terselfdertyd leer hulle verantwoordelikheid vir hul aksies aanvaar. In so 'n milieu word aan hulle vryheid van selfuitdrukking, sonder vrees vir vergelding, gebied en raak hulle bewus daarvan dat hulle, as unieke individue, onvoorwaardelik aanvaar en waardeer word. Hierdie soort omgewing behoort die ontwikkeling van beide die kognitiewe en affektiewe persoonlikheidsaspekte aan te moedig terwyl dit terselfdertyd bevorderlik is vir optimale leer en die maksimale ontplooiing van hul volle potensiaal op hierdie stadium. Hierdie navorser glo dat die studentgesentreerde benadering 'n meer humaniserende gesigspunt bied as dié van die tradisionele onderrrigmodel(le). Die navorser beoog nie om ander onderrigstyle te verwerp nie, want daar is waardering vir die feit dat diverse merietedraende sienings bestaan wat erkenning verdien. Tog bestaan die behoefte om na te vors of studentgesentreerde onderrig eksklusief gebruik kan word en of dit 'n alternatief kan bied vir meer konvensionele benaderings waarmee dit òf onafhanklik òf dalk komplimenterend in verhouding kan staan.
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McMillan, James F. "The curricular dysfunction between the administration of instrumental music and suitability of teaching materials in English secondary schools /." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65402.
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Newton, Mark Brian. "A remote interactive music keyboard tuition system." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004860.
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A networked multimedia system to assist teaching music keyboard skills to a class is described. Teaching practical music lessons requires a large amount of interaction between the teacher and student and is thus teacher intensive. Although there is a range of computer software available for learning how to play the keyboard, these programs cannot replace the guidance of a music teacher. The possibility of combining the music applications with video conferencing technology for use in a keyboard class is discussed. An ideal system is described that incorporates the benefits of video conferencing and music applications for use in a classroom. A design of the ideal system is described and implemented. Certain design and implementation decisions are explained and the performance of the implementation examined. The system would enable a music teacher to effectively teach a music class keyboard skills.
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Walsh, Brenda 1956. "The effects of an alternative instrumental music program on elementary school children." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35225.
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Music education is an important element in the development of the whole child. The school is a place where children learn about and are directly influenced by things that make a lasting impression on their development. What better place for music to be taught? Music is a course of study that can have a direct influence on a child's lifetime tastes and values for the arts.This study investigates the effects of an Alternative Instrumental Music Program on grade three children, at an elementary school situated on the West Island of Montreal, Quebec. One of the two classes involved in the Study (Experimental Group) participated in an alternative instrumental music program and its applications; the other class (Control Group) followed a traditional music program. Each class consisted of twenty-eight students. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from both groups of students, homeroom teachers, and parents over a period of ten consecutive weeks.
The findings revealed that the children in the Experimental Group enjoyed learning music in school more than those in the Control Group. The Experimental Group also indicated a greater increase in the enjoyment of activities experienced during music class than those in the Control Group. Moreover, there was a higher increase of musical knowledge in the Experimental Group.
The author suggests that further research on the effects of alternative music programs on elementary school children would be beneficial to the educational community.
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Zhukov, Katie School of Music & Music Education UNSW. "Teaching styles and student behaviour in instrumental music lessons in Australian conservatoriums." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Music and Music Education, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/20698.
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This investigation into instrumental music teaching at the tertiary (conservatorium) level sought to observe and describe typical teacher and student behaviour in this under-researched educational setting. The aim of the study was to examine a wide range of areas associated with instrumental music teaching in order to identify patterns of behaviour exhibited by teachers and students and to define teaching and learning styles present in advanced applied music teaching. After a review of literature on teaching in general and on music teaching in particular, an observational instrument for individual instrumental music lessons was developed and refined in pilot studies. 12 prominent Australian teachers were videotaped teaching 24 students, with the sample being balanced geographically, institutionally, by instrument (three mainstream groups: piano, strings and winds) and by gender (equal numbers of male and female teachers and students). Steps were taken to observe realistic teaching of typical students and to minimise the observer???s intrusion into the lesson dynamics. The videotaped lessons were analysed using an observational instrument and the data was subjected to various statistical analyses. Results are reported according to five main areas (lesson structure, lesson content, teaching methodology, teacher/ student relationship, and teaching and learning styles) and discussed with reference to existing literature. The conclusions of this study enhance current understanding of studio music teaching, by supporting many of the findings of previous research and substantiating their application to advanced instrumental music teaching. This study provides new insights into the underlying structure of instrumental music lessons, the primacy of technique in terms of lesson content, the use of teaching strategies such as demonstration, evaluation and questioning, gender differences between teachers and between students, and the types of teaching and learning styles that are prevalent in conservatorium settings. Findings contribute to and extend existing research into applied music teaching.
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Zumpano, Nívia Gasparini 1968. "Os parâmetros expressivos na execução ao cravo e suas abordagens = um estudo sobre a expressividade cravística = Expressive parameters in the harpsichord performance: a harpsichord expressiveness study." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/284444.
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Orientador: Edmundo Pacheco HoraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes
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Resumo: O presente trabalho apresenta uma reflexão a respeito da expressividade cravística com ênfase em alguns parâmetros da execução. Para tanto, foram delimitados fatores associados à expressividade a partir da literatura especializada e, na etapa seguinte, realizou-se um estudo sobre sua influência na sonoridade do instrumento, procurando-se destacar questões relativas à possibilidade de dinâmica no cravo. Com o objetivo de verificar a maneira como a expressividade tem sido abordada no contexto de aprendizado cravístico e a forma como os estudantes manipulam os parâmetros analisados, realizou-se também uma pesquisa com alunos e ex-alunos de diversas Instituições de Ensino do país. Ao final, a análise dos resultados obtidos possibilitou a visualização da forma como os parâmetros podem influenciar acusticamente a sonoridade na execução, permitindo concluir que sua manipulação pelo intérprete amplia as possibilidades expressivas do instrumento
Abstract: In this thesis we offer a discussion about harpsichord's expressiveness with emphasis on some performance parameters. Thus, we defined some factors associated to the expressiveness from the specialized literature and in the next step we performed a study about its influence on harpsichord's sound, seeking to highlight the instrument dynamic possibilities. In order to check how the expressiveness has been addressed in the context of harpsichords' learning and how students manipulate the parameters, we also carried out a survey involving harpsichord students in different educational institutions. Finally, the results' analysis showed us how expressive parameters can influence acoustically the harpsichord sound, allowing conclude that performer's manipulation expands the instrument expressive possibilities
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Pursell, Anthony F. "The effectiveness of iconic-based rhythmic instruction on middle school instrumentalists' ability to read rhythms at sight." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1325987.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of iconic-based rhythmic instruction on middle school instrumentalists' ability to read rhythms at sight in the preparation of music for sight-reading. One hundred thirty-one middle school students from 12 randomly assigned bands in the Midwestern United States provided data for a pretest-posttest control-group design. Of the 12 participating middle schools, four schools served as the control group (n= 42), four schools delivered rhythmic instruction using iconic-based methods (n= 42), and four schools delivered isolated rhythmic training using symbolic-based methods (n= 47).Using adjusted pretest scores from a researcher-constructed rhythm test (Rhythm Sight-Reading Performance Ability), the Musical Aptitude Profile (1995), and the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (1999), results of an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that no group obtained a significant difference on the posttest mean scores from the rhythmic performance test (F= 1.940, df= 1, 107, p= .149). Because results from individual schools showed considerable variation, other variables were observed to see if they were significant. Findings from an ANCOVA revealed that the individual school was significant (F= 3.141, df= 9, 107, p= .002).To verify the relationship found between the individual school and the posttest measurement, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was run with the pretest and posttest scores serving as repeated measures. The results indicate that a significant interaction between the individual school and the pretest to posttest measurement exists. In light of these findings, it is speculated that the key to improving a student's rhythm-reading ability may be dependent not only on the method, but also on the quality of instructional delivery.School of Music
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Núñez, Mario Leoncio. "Comparison of aural and visual instructional methodologies designed to improve the intonation accuracy of seventh grade violin and viola instrumentalists." connect to online resource, 2002. http://www.library.unt.edu/theses/open/20021/nunez%5Fmario/index.htm.
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Selfridge, Stephen Mark. "THE EFFECT OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION ON THE PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT OF FIFTH GRADE INSTRUMENTAL STUDENTS." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/499562.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of instructional videos on the performance achievement of fifth grade instrumental students. The design of the study was pretest-posttest control group experimental. Participants (n = 84) were volunteers selected from fifth grade students enrolled in Garnet Valley School District in Glen Mills, PA, who had participated in the band program for at least one full year. Students were assigned a short etude composed by the researcher to practice for an evaluation. Prior to treatment, each student was recorded performing the etude as a pretest. All students received identical instruction and modeling of the etude during their weekly school lesson. In addition to the weekly school lesson instruction, a Video Practice Group (VP) (n = 42) was given access to a video of the teacher instruction and modeling of the etude for use during home practice, and the Non-Video Practice Control Group (NVP) (n = 42) practiced the etude under usual practice conditions. Each week, participants submitted a practice record detailing the amount of time spent practicing the etude. Following three weeks of treatment, all participants recorded a performance of the etude. Pretest and posttest recordings were scored by the researcher using the researcher-designed Etude Scoring Form. One additional certified music teacher scored a random selection of 15% of the student recordings as a reliability judge. Comparison of pretest and posttest scores showed that overall gain scores for participants in the Video Practice group were significantly greater than the Non-Video Practice Group (F(1,82) = 20.68, p < .001, ηp2 = .201), with significant interactions in the categories of rhythm (F(1, 82) = 9.45, p = .003), fluency, F(1, 82) = 9.97, p = .002), and articulation, F(1, 82) = 8.07, p = .006). No significant interactions were found for instrument type or participant school. There was no significant difference in reported practice time between the two groups, and practice time was positively correlated with posttest scores.
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Angaama, Daniel Angwe. "Effects of using a dialogical argumentation instructional model to teach grade 11 learners some concepts of sound by means of indigenous musical instruments." Thesis, UWC, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3227.
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Magister Educationis - MEdTwo grade 11 classes of two high schools in Cape Town were taught some concepts of sound by means of indigenous musical instruments. The purpose was to find out the relative effects (or none) of two instructional strategies. Toulmin (1958)’s Argumentation Pattern, Ogunniyi (1997)’s Contiguity Argumentation Theory and Reiner et al. (2000)’s Substance Schema formed the theoretical framework. A pre-post-test quasi-experimental design was employed and data collated using questionnaires, a sound conceptual test, argumentation worksheets, and classroom observation schedules. One teacher taught the experimental group using dialogical argumentation while another teacher taught the comparative group using lecturedemonstration method, coupled with the use of ICTs for duration of four weeks. Data were analysed using a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) methods approach. The findings revealed that many the learners held some scientifically valid conceptions of sound prior to formal instruction. However, the learners also held many scientifically invalid conceptions in relation to the speed of sound in air, sound propagation, and sound produced by stringed instruments. The alternative conceptions of learners in the C group remained largely unchanged after instruction, while those of the E group changed appreciably, but not completely. The E group learners changed the alternative conceptions that were worked into structured argumentation activities better than those which were not. Also, the learners in both groups seemed to hold indigenous beliefs in relation to sound which did not seem to change after instruction. Most learners had a positive attitude towards the use of indigenous knowledge in the science class. No significant difference was found between male and female learners with respect to conceptual understanding of sound, indigenous beliefs, and interest in the integration of science and indigenous knowledge.
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Williamson, Hugh. "PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF CHANGES IN INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND RESOURCES." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/249629.
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The purpose of this study was to determine Pennsylvania public high school instrumental music teachers' perceptions of changes to instrumental music instruction that may have been the result of a narrowing focus on student performance on standardized tests and sanctions linked to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (2002). The study used a descriptive design to investigate ways that standardized testing may have influenced student opportunities to participate in school instrumental music, instructional time available for instrumental lessons and performing ensembles, budgetary resources and funding sources, staffing, and instrumental music curricula in Pennsylvania high schools. Data were gathered via an anonymous web-based survey. Of the entire population of 710 full-time high school instrumental music teachers in Pennsylvania, 304 responded. Of those, 247 successfully completed the survey and were appropriate for analysis. Results suggested that across PA high schools, instrumental music opportunities were varied and inconsistent with regard to instructional time, financial resources, access and availability of students, and support for instrumental music within the larger curriculum of the schools. These inconsistencies may have resulted in unequal opportunities to participate in instrumental music programs, partially because of funding and policy priorities at the state and local level that value test-based accountability rather than more comprehensive methods of evaluating child development and learning. Prior research suggested that opportunities to participate in instrumental music were linked to individual and group standardized test performance. Schools in very large urban districts with high percentages of low-income and minority students were the most likely to face reductions in instrumental music opportunities. Implications included the possibility of inequitable reductions to music programs potentially undermining efforts to help reduce or prevent achievement gaps. Reductions in instrumental music opportunities for elementary level students was a particular concern since neurobiological research findings suggest special benefits for early childhood music instruction. Recommendations for further research included replication of the study using identifiable data, case studies of individual high schools, the continuation and expansion of longitudinal studies between neuroscientists and music educators, and a survey of school administrator attitudes toward music education.
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Rohwer, Debbie Ann. "The effect of movement instruction on sixth-grade beginning instrumental music students' perception, synchronization, and performance with a steady beat /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487945320758354.
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Souza, João Ricardo de. "O ensino coletivo de cordas friccionadas produzido no SESC-Consolação, comparado com propostas de ensino coletivo realizadas no Reino Unido e nos EUA : trajetória histórica, diferenças e similaridades pedagógicas e socioculturais /." São Paulo, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/138277.
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Orientador: Sonia Regina Albano de LimaBanca: Sonia Ray
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Banca: Neide Esperidião
Banca: Carlos Gonçalves Machado Neto
Resumo: Esta pesquisa qualitativa de caráter bibliográfico-documental e cunho comparativo tem como objetivo central demonstrar a importância do ensino coletivo de instrumentos de Cordas Friccionadas desenvolvido no SESC-Consolação desde sua criação; verificar as similaridades e diferenças entre o ensino coletivo de instrumento desenvolvido na Inglaterra e nos EUA, além dos benefícios da adoção desse modelo pedagógico na educação não formal brasileira. Os dois primeiros capítulos descrevem o surgimento do ensino coletivo de instrumentos de cordas destinado aos jovens e adultos no SESC Consolação; sua extensão e importância na educação não formal brasileira. Para tanto, foram realizadas algumas entrevistas com alunos, professores, gestores e músicos que iniciaram seu aprendizado musical nessa instituição; consultados documentos que relatam as atividades desenvolvidas ao longo dos anos por essa instituição. Buscamos ainda descrever o legado dos egressos do projeto de cordas do SESC, o perfil atual desta atividade e propostas para o futuro. O capítulo III foi destinado à análise de dois métodos desenvolvidos no SESC e um método importado, todos direcionados ao ensino coletivo de cordas na instituição. O capítulo IV descreve como se originou o ensino coletivo de instrumentos de cordas friccionadas em grande escala na Inglaterra, no século XIX, com o predomínio do ensino de violino. Conforme descrevem os pesquisadores europeus, esse modelo foi introduzido nas escolas públicas inglesas, gerando o Movimento de Maidstone, que permitiu a milhares de crianças aprenderem violino e outros instrumentos já no início do século XX. O capítulo V descreve como esse ensino foi introduzido nos EUA e de que forma ele se propagou até os dias atuais. A partir destes capítulos buscamos encontrar as similaridades e diferenças do ensino musical desenvolvido no SESC-Consolação...
Abstract: This qualitative research of bibliographic and documentary character and comparative nature has as its main objective to demonstrate the importance of collective teaching for stringed instruments developed at since its inception; to verify the similarities and differences with the collective teaching of musical instruments developed in England and the USA, and the benefits of adopting this pedagogical model within Brazilian nonformal education. The first two chapters describe the emergence of collective teaching for stringed instruments for young people and adults at SESC-Consolação; its expansion and importance in non-formal Brazilian education. For this reason, interviews were carried out with former students, teachers, managers and musicians who began their musical learning at this institution; documents consulted that record the activities developed over the years by this institution. We seek to further describe the legacy of graduates by SESC strings project, the current profile of this activity and proposals for the future. Chapter III was designated for the analysis of two methods developed within SESC and an imported method, all directed to the collective teaching of strings at the institution. Chapter IV describes how the collective teaching for stringed instruments emerged on a large scale in England in the nineteenth century, with the predominance of violin teaching. As described by European researchers, this model was introduced in English public schools, creating the Maidstone movement, which allowed thousands of children to learn the violin and other instruments already in the early twentieth century. Chapter V describes how this teaching has been introduced in the USA and how it spread to the present day. From these chapters we seek to find the similarities and differences of musical education developed at SESC-Consolation with that developed in England and the USA. Finally, ...
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Yau, Christine Ngai Lam. "The nature of one-to-one instrumental/vocal pedagogy in music conservatoire setting : two cases from a UK conservatoire." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709344.
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McCloud, Daniel W. "Notable percussion excerpts derived from the wind-band repertoire : a continuation of a study by Charles Timothy Sivils." Virtual Press, 2008. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1395456.
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In 1995 Charles Timothy Sivils completed his study, "Notable Percussion Excerpts of the Twentieth Century Wind-Band Literature." Sivils' intention was to create a formal list of percussion excerpts from substantial, originally composed wind-band literature that could supplement the study of orchestral excerpts. However, because of the continuingly increasing amount of literature being written and published for wind-bands, Sivils' original list no longer reflects recent or current trends in percussion writing for the wind-band. The objective of this study is to expand upon Sivils' excerpt list.The parameters outlined in Sivils' document have been adopted for this study with only minor adjustments. This paper will examine only the following wind-band compositions: (1) Compositions written between 1980 and 2005; (2) Compositions generally considered part of the standard wind-band repertoire; (3) Compositions originally conceived for the wind-band; (4) Compositions which do not feature a soloist in a concerto format; (5) compositions that are considered "concert marches" or movements entitled "March" from a multi-movement work.To provide the author with a body of information from which to start the research, a survey was sent to approximately forty wind-band conductors and percussionists throughout the United States asking them to list pieces, following the parameters previously outlined, from the wind-band repertoire that they feel contain the most significant percussion excerpts. Thirty-eight percent of those surveyed responded. Twenty-four of the suggested works were included in this study, creating a combined list of seventy-six excerpts from this and Sivils' document.Through the use of music notation software, a portion of each part has been reproduced as it appears in the original score. No attempt has been made to correct misprints or improve upon the composer's original notation. The excerpts have been formatted to create a single practicable part that contains all of the concerns discussed in the preceding pages. As with Sivils' study, a major component of this project has been to make the performer aware of these excerpts and to give insights into their performance.School of Music
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Bazan, Dale Edward. "TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES USED BY STUDENT-DIRECTED TEACHERS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1183660727.
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Murno, Hernan. "Music by twentieth-century Latin-American composers suitable for youth orchestra : a rationale, survey and analysis." Virtual Press, 1989. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/558363.
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The purpose of this study was to identify pieces by Twentieth-Century Latin-American composers suitable for performance by Youth Orchestras in the United States. Scores available at the Indiana University Latin-American Music Center were primarily used. This allowed a more comprehensive search while limiting the scope of the study.Orchestral pieces were selected and examined for the study in order to provide insight into particulars of their individual styles and offer them together with pertinent information on the various composers.FindingsThe study identified five Latin-American composers who have written pieces suitable for performance by youth orchestras. The advantages of including Latin-American music in the repertoire of youth orchestras was demonstrated. Social, cultural and political as well as musical reasons for this inclusion were stated.Characteristics of the music of those countries that make it very attractive to young players were taken into consideration in the study, as well as the influence that hispanic traditions have exerted upon the culture of the United States for more than two centuries.It was demonstrated that this cultural interaction, stronger in certain regions of the country, offers added justification for the inclusion of Latin-American repertoire.The analysis of the works selected demonstrated the availability of works of quality that are suitable for performance by youth orchestras, even though they may not have been originally conceived with that in mind.Ancillary identification of information The nature and the author's knowledge of States.Theto the findings listed above was the of substantial omissions in primary sources and reference works consulted for the study. location of these omissions helped to confirm contention that there is very little general art music of Latin-America in the United study also revealed the need for updating current sources of information in order to include more references. The necessary might be to Latin-American composers and their music. project revealed that adjustments in some institutions, both in the United States and the neighboring countries, in order to promote better the music of Latin-American composers in this country. Also, in some cases, the standards of publication and/or copying of materials in the country of origin needs to be upgraded.School of Music
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Gao, Jie (Violinist). "The Influence of Chinese Instruments on the Violin: A Practice Guide of Three Violin Techniques." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011757/.
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Contemporary professional violinists face constant exposure to multicultural compositions. For best results, they should be able to understand, capture, and express the subtleties of different styles. The violin and its repertoire spread to China through European missionaries during the late seventeenth century and continued to be developed by Chinese scientists and musicians who studied abroad. During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Chinese composers wrote many violin pieces inspired by the unique sounds of Chinese instruments. Additionally, Chinese music scholars wrote numerous essays to discuss the new Chinese style. However, much of this research has been focused on the composers and the structures of the compositions rather than on the details of violin techniques necessary to play the repertoire. The techniques in Chinese violin compositions are unique and are influenced by the traditional instruments including string, wind, and percussion instruments. Furthermore, the style of such compositions is affected by the elements of Chinese culture, such as the language, the elite society and its poetic tradition, and historical legends and events. This dissertation provides examples of Chinese violin repertoire which demonstrate the principles of three main violin techniques in the Chinese style: slides, chords, and pizzicati. In order to help professional violinists better perform Chinese violin compositions, the dissertation also includes a number of exercises covering each technique above.
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Musco, Ann Marie. "The effects of learning songs by ear in multiple keys on pitch accuracy and attitudes of band students (aural transposition)." Thesis, view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1283960751&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2006.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-221). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Trotman, LeRoy Valencio. "An assessment and evaluation of instrumental music in the school system of the Virgin Islands /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487335992904079.
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Coy, Christopher James. "The Use of Comprehensive Musicianship Instruction by a Middle School Band Director: A Case Study." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1351202430.
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Beebe, Marla. "Teaching and Rehearsal Behaviors of Instrumental Music Teachers." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1181923968.
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Turowski, Pamela L. "Turowski 2017 Familiar Repertoire Survey Audio File.mp3." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/482726.
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The purpose of this research was to examine the potential relationship between students’ degree of familiarity with repertoire common to beginning band method books and aural-based music achievement after one year of study. Three research questions guided this study: (1) Which songs from the Familiar Repertoire Survey (FRS) are reported as being the most and least familiar to the sample? (2) For a familiar song, “Lightly Row,” can FRS scores predict (a) Familiar Music Achievement Singing Test (FMAST) scores, (b) Familiar Music Achievement Playing Test (FMAPT) scores, (c) Familiar Music Achievement Improvisation Singing Test (FMAIST) scores, and (d) Familiar Music Achievement Improvisation Playing Test (FMAIPT) scores? (3) For an unfamiliar song, “Finish Line,” can FRS scores predict (a) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Singing Test (UMAST) scores, (b) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Playing Test (UMAPT) scores, (c) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Improvisation Singing Test (UMAIST) scores, and (d) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Improvisation Playing Test (UMAIPT) scores? Participants (N = 17) were fifth and sixth grade students enrolled in their second year of beginning band in a New Jersey elementary school. I created two measurement instruments: FRS, designed to gauge the breadth and depth of students’ familiarity with songs common to beginning band method books, and the Music Achievement Test (MAT) designed to measure aural-based music achievement in singing, playing by ear, and improvising on a familiar and unfamiliar song. In the first session, participants completed FRS by listening to songs common to beginning band books and completing a Likert-type survey on their familiarity with each song. Later, participants watched MAT through an interactive video which prompted them to complete eight musical subtests. I recorded all performances. Judges rated each performance with two rating scales. I analyzed the frequency of responses for each song and found “Hot Cross Buns,” “Jingle Bells,” “Pierrot,” “Lightly Row,” and “London Bridge” to be the most familiar songs. Through linear regressions, I analyzed the ability of FRS to predict MAT scores. I found a significant regression equation between FRS and its ability to predict FMAST scores and UMAIST scores. The current exploratory study contained many limitations which restricts its generalizability to other beginning band populations; however, six conclusions can be made. Familiarity with common beginning band repertoire as represented by a selection of 24 songs common to beginning band method books does not predict students’ achievement (a) singing an unfamiliar song, (b) demonstrating through singing improvisation based on a familiar song, (c) playing by ear a familiar or unfamiliar song, and (d) improvising on an instrument, whether improvising within the context of a familiar or unfamiliar song. Familiarity with common beginning band repertoire does predict students’ achievement (a) singing a familiar song and (b) demonstrating through singing improvisation based on an unfamiliar song.
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Turowski, Pamela L. "FRS and MAT Data Set.xlsx." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/482727.
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Music EducationPh.D.
The purpose of this research was to examine the potential relationship between students’ degree of familiarity with repertoire common to beginning band method books and aural-based music achievement after one year of study. Three research questions guided this study: (1) Which songs from the Familiar Repertoire Survey (FRS) are reported as being the most and least familiar to the sample? (2) For a familiar song, “Lightly Row,” can FRS scores predict (a) Familiar Music Achievement Singing Test (FMAST) scores, (b) Familiar Music Achievement Playing Test (FMAPT) scores, (c) Familiar Music Achievement Improvisation Singing Test (FMAIST) scores, and (d) Familiar Music Achievement Improvisation Playing Test (FMAIPT) scores? (3) For an unfamiliar song, “Finish Line,” can FRS scores predict (a) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Singing Test (UMAST) scores, (b) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Playing Test (UMAPT) scores, (c) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Improvisation Singing Test (UMAIST) scores, and (d) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Improvisation Playing Test (UMAIPT) scores? Participants (N = 17) were fifth and sixth grade students enrolled in their second year of beginning band in a New Jersey elementary school. I created two measurement instruments: FRS, designed to gauge the breadth and depth of students’ familiarity with songs common to beginning band method books, and the Music Achievement Test (MAT) designed to measure aural-based music achievement in singing, playing by ear, and improvising on a familiar and unfamiliar song. In the first session, participants completed FRS by listening to songs common to beginning band books and completing a Likert-type survey on their familiarity with each song. Later, participants watched MAT through an interactive video which prompted them to complete eight musical subtests. I recorded all performances. Judges rated each performance with two rating scales. I analyzed the frequency of responses for each song and found “Hot Cross Buns,” “Jingle Bells,” “Pierrot,” “Lightly Row,” and “London Bridge” to be the most familiar songs. Through linear regressions, I analyzed the ability of FRS to predict MAT scores. I found a significant regression equation between FRS and its ability to predict FMAST scores and UMAIST scores. The current exploratory study contained many limitations which restricts its generalizability to other beginning band populations; however, six conclusions can be made. Familiarity with common beginning band repertoire as represented by a selection of 24 songs common to beginning band method books does not predict students’ achievement (a) singing an unfamiliar song, (b) demonstrating through singing improvisation based on a familiar song, (c) playing by ear a familiar or unfamiliar song, and (d) improvising on an instrument, whether improvising within the context of a familiar or unfamiliar song. Familiarity with common beginning band repertoire does predict students’ achievement (a) singing a familiar song and (b) demonstrating through singing improvisation based on an unfamiliar song.
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Turowski, Pamela L. "Beginning Band Students' Familiarity with Method Book Repertoire as Predictor of Music Achievement." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/470435.
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Music EducationPh.D.
The purpose of this research was to examine the potential relationship between students’ degree of familiarity with repertoire common to beginning band method books and aural-based music achievement after one year of study. Three research questions guided this study: (1) Which songs from the Familiar Repertoire Survey (FRS) are reported as being the most and least familiar to the sample? (2) For a familiar song, “Lightly Row,” can FRS scores predict (a) Familiar Music Achievement Singing Test (FMAST) scores, (b) Familiar Music Achievement Playing Test (FMAPT) scores, (c) Familiar Music Achievement Improvisation Singing Test (FMAIST) scores, and (d) Familiar Music Achievement Improvisation Playing Test (FMAIPT) scores? (3) For an unfamiliar song, “Finish Line,” can FRS scores predict (a) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Singing Test (UMAST) scores, (b) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Playing Test (UMAPT) scores, (c) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Improvisation Singing Test (UMAIST) scores, and (d) Unfamiliar Music Achievement Improvisation Playing Test (UMAIPT) scores? Participants (N = 17) were fifth and sixth grade students enrolled in their second year of beginning band in a New Jersey elementary school. I created two measurement instruments: FRS, designed to gauge the breadth and depth of students’ familiarity with songs common to beginning band method books, and the Music Achievement Test (MAT) designed to measure aural-based music achievement in singing, playing by ear, and improvising on a familiar and unfamiliar song. In the first session, participants completed FRS by listening to songs common to beginning band books and completing a Likert-type survey on their familiarity with each song. Later, participants watched MAT through an interactive video which prompted them to complete eight musical subtests. I recorded all performances. Judges rated each performance with two rating scales. I analyzed the frequency of responses for each song and found “Hot Cross Buns,” “Jingle Bells,” “Pierrot,” “Lightly Row,” and “London Bridge” to be the most familiar songs. Through linear regressions, I analyzed the ability of FRS to predict MAT scores. I found a significant regression equation between FRS and its ability to predict FMAST scores and UMAIST scores. The current exploratory study contained many limitations which restricts its generalizability to other beginning band populations; however, six conclusions can be made. Familiarity with common beginning band repertoire as represented by a selection of 24 songs common to beginning band method books does not predict students’ achievement (a) singing an unfamiliar song, (b) demonstrating through singing improvisation based on a familiar song, (c) playing by ear a familiar or unfamiliar song, and (d) improvising on an instrument, whether improvising within the context of a familiar or unfamiliar song. Familiarity with common beginning band repertoire does predict students’ achievement (a) singing a familiar song and (b) demonstrating through singing improvisation based on an unfamiliar song.
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Núñez, Mario Leoncio. "A Comparison of Aural and Visual Instructional Methodologies Designed to Improve the Intonation Accuracy of Seventh Grade Violin and Viola Instrumentalists." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3122/.
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The purpose of the study was to compare two instructional methodologies designed to improve the intonation accuracy of seventh grade violin and viola instrumentalists. The collection of data was in regard to (1) instructional methodology: aural and aural/visual, (2) performance tasks: A, B, and C; (3) individual pitches (seven from each of the music tasks), and (4) differences between instrument groups: violin and viola. Sixty-eight seventh grade string students from three string classes of two middle schools were randomly assigned to two experimental groups: (a) aural and (b) aural/visual. The instructional period was implemented daily in ten-minute sessions during twenty days by the orchestra instructors of each school. A pretest-posttest format was used to determine if there were any changes in the subjects' intonation accuracy from prior to after the instructional phase was implemented, and if these changes could be attributed to any of the methodologies. The testing material used on both testing sessions included three performance tasks composed of seven notes each. Subjects were recorded on both testing occasions. The data were the scores of absolute pitch deviation, measured in cents from equal temperament, from the pre- and postest; these were treated with analysis of variance. The ANOVA on the posttest scores indicated a non-significant difference between the instructional methodologies in their effectiveness to improve the subjects' ability to play in tune.
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Diehl, David J. "Factors related to the integration of the national standards in the secondary school wind band." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1364933.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the self-reported level of integration of instructional tasks related to the creating and responding standards in the wind band curriculum and factors negatively or positively related to their integration. The researcher collected data via an online questionnaire pertaining to the integration of Standards and possible correlated factors suggested by the relevant literature. The factors examined in this study included personal demographics, school demographics, state attributes, valuing, competing populations, and three channels of influence (curriculum, teacher development, and assessment and accountability) suggested by the National Research Council in their publication Investigating the Influence of Standards (2002).Results indicated that Standards 6 and 7 are integrated at the highest level and Standards 3 and 4 at the lowest level while Standards 8 and 9 occupy a middle tier. The researcher utilized a phi co relational test for all factors in association to high and low integration of each of the six Standards under review. Chapter 4 reported 138 significant relationships from the following categories of responses.Personal Demographics 1School Demographics7Valuing31Competing Populations16Framework (83 18CurriculumTeacher Development25Assessment/Accountability40Total: 138School of Music
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Perkins, Deborah L. (Deborah Louise). "Factors Relating to Student Participation in Public School String Programs." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278326/.
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This study explored factors relating to participation in public school orchestra programs and the relationship and predictability of such factors in accordance with Maehr's theory of personal investment.
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Thomas, Elizabeth Lord. "The Effect of Teacher Approval/Disapproval on Students' On-Task Behaviors in a Selected Beginning Strings Class." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500691/.
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The present study explored whether (a) positive or negative reinforcement would produce higher percentages of on-task student behavior at set timed intervals, (b) positive, negative, or total reinforcement would increase student attentiveness after reinforcement, and (c) if natural fluctuations in teacher approval/disapproval would have any bearing on percentages of student attentiveness. Findings of the 15-day study concluded that (a) positive reinforcement maintained significantly higher levels of student attentiveness over negative reinforcement, (b) negative reinforcement did not significantly lower percentages of student attentiveness, and (c) natural fluctuations in rates of teacher approval/disapproval had no apparent effect on the amount of on-task behavior in the beginning strings class.
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Davison, Patrick Dru. "The Role of Self-Efficacy and Modeling in Improvisation: The Effects of Aural and Aural/Notated Modeling Conditions on Intermediate Instrumental Music Students' Improvisation Achievement." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2006. http://www.unt.edu/etd/all/Dec2006/Open/davison_patrick_dru/index.htm.
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Hoek, Elizabeth Antoinette. "South African unit standards for a general music appraisal programme at NQF levels 2-4, with special reference to ensemble specialisation for available instruments." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30172.
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Morehouse, Paul G. "Investigating Young Children's Music-making Behavior: A Developmental Theory." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/73.
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We have many developmental theories contributing to our understanding of children as they meander steadfastly toward maturation. Yet, none have reported on how young children interpret the qualitative meaning and importance of their own music-making experiences. Music created by average, not prodigious, young children is perceived by adults as “play” music rather than “real” music. But do young children take the same view as adults? When Piaget speaks of the young child’s qualitatively unique view and experience of the world (Ginsberg & Opper, 1988), can we assume that his statement encompasses young children’s predispositions related to music-making?
Music is understood to occur when people act intentionally to produce and organize sound into rhythm and form. The guiding questions for this study are, What evidence is there to show that, when following an adult music leader, young children can engage in authentic music-making behavior and produce identifiable musical structures that move beyond random sounds or ‘noise’? What evidence is there to show that children's music-making behavior develops according to developmental stages? trek
This qualitative field study observed and videotaped over 100 children between 2 and 7 years old who chose to engage in music-making behavior in a socially-rich school environment during structured activities guided by an adult “music leader.”
The data gathered from this study suggest that young children’s motivation to make music derive from predispositions unrelated to notions of cultural and artistic expression thereby differing from adult musical needs and are instead based on more primary responses to their own developmental needs and their social environment. Functioning as “music leader,” the PI appeared to serve as an indispensable interface for assuring authenticity in the children’s music-making at all stages of development. The older children did not introduce any novel behavior specifically related to making music. However, due to the progression of cognitive and social maturity across the range of ages, new extra-musical behavior (EMB) slowly emerged at each developmental stage always seeming to enrich the experience relative to a particular group.
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Percival, Graham Keith. "Computer-assisted musical instrument tutoring with targeted exercises." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1081.
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Learning to play a musical instrument is a daunting task. Musicians must execute unusual physical movements within very tight tolerances, and must continually adjust their bodies in response to auditory feedback. However, most beginners lack the ability to accurately evaluate their own sound. We therefore turn to computers to analyze the student's performance. By extracting certain information from the audio, computers can provide accurate and objective feedback to students.
This thesis lays out some general principles for such projects, and introduces tools to help practicing rhythms and violin intonation. There are three distinct portions to this research: automatic exercise creation, audio analysis, and visualization of errors. Exercises were created with Constraint Satisfaction Programming, audio analysis was performed with amplitude and pitch detection, and errors were displayed with a novel graphical interface. This led to the creation of MEAWS, an open-source program for music students.
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朱怡貞. "A Study of Multi-media Computer-Assisted Instruction on Music Appreciation : An Example of Chinese Musical Instruments." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22976107526765699428.
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Abstract: This research aims at exploring the effects of multi-media computer assisted music instruction in Chinese musical instruments. To achieve the purpose, this research begins with developing multi-media computer assisted instruction software in Chinese musical instruments, with the subject of 228 students in a national maritime and fishery vocational high school. This research adopts pre/post-test non-equivalent control group design, with three classes as experimental group which is applied to “MCAMI in Chinese musical instruments”, and another three classes as control group which is applied to “traditional narrative teaching approach” . The experiment carries out with 5 weeks period. This research applies to SPSS for Windows 10.0 and LISREL 8.52 for statistics analysis. The statistics approaches include: descriptive statistics analysis, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), one samples t test, and structural equation modeling analysis (SEM). The conclusions are as follow: 1. We should develop “MCAMI in Chinese musical instruments” software. The contents of the software should include the brief introduction, construction, performing, compass, comparison with similar instruments, and the instrument stories. 2. Regarding to students’ learning achievement in “learning Chinese musical instruments”, MCAMI approach is superior to traditional narrative teaching approach. 3. The individual variables in experimental group show no significant difference in students’ learning achievement. 4. Students indicate above average of satisfactory level in MCAMI approach. 5. The relation among “software interface”, “learning attitude” and “cognition learning achievement” tends to positive level. 6. In “Learning Chinese Musical Instruments” course, students indicate affirmative perspective in the application of MCAMI approach. 7. MCAMI in Chinese musical instruments software is a satisfactory assisting material for teachers in “Learning Chinese Instruments” course.
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Hakoda, Kensuke. "High School Instrumental Students Compose for Band and Orchestra." Thesis, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8VX2019.
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Composing is widely recognized by both researchers in music education and the NAfME (National Association for Music Education) as an important element in music education. However, composing as a primary activity has still not yet been established as an important aspect of secondary music education, particularly in the large ensemble setting. This study shows the efforts and outcomes of high school instrumental students as they created a notated musical composition for either a concert band or orchestra. What processes and approaches enabled these secondary instrumental students to compose for a large ensemble? What are the characteristics of the completed compositions composed by these secondary instrumental students? What impact did this experience have on the student composers who participated in this activity? In order to answer these research questions, qualitative instrumental case studies were conducted with eight high school instrumentalists, who participated in 7 workshop processes for composers to compose notated composition for either band or orchestra over a 3-month period. Using both expository method and discovery method, I taught and witnessed the processes of these eight students as they explored and discovered their compositions for band or orchestra, which were performed at the final recital. The result revealed that given an appropriate environment and tools, high school instrumental musicians can compose successfully for a large ensemble such as orchestra or band. Although these students had limited background in music theory, they were able to discover ways to create their desired effect by exploring and navigating sounds using the notation software, their primary instrument, and secondary instruments such as a piano. The experience fostered their curiosity for other instruments in the ensemble and nurtured their desire to learn more about them. This research opportunity gave all students a positive musical experience.