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Children's musical thinking skills and creative processes during a composition task.
(2003)
These findings suggest that: (a) age and developmental factors had an impact on the students' compositions, (b) involvement with their families' musical and nonmusical activities was somewhat related to the scores students ...
Medical opinions regarding warm-up procedures for four-mallet marimba performance.
(2003)
Many percussion sources discuss different ways to warm up prior to practice or performance, but most contain only the opinions of musicians. This study seeks to bring knowledge from the medical community into the warm-up ...
Personality traits and musical interests of adult learners in an instrumental music program.
(2006)
The survey yielded 127 respondents (N=127) from 18 states and one Canadian province. The survey categories included demographic information, life experiences, prior musical experiences, musical preferences, health issues, ...
Supervision of itinerant teachers: Perspectives from itinerant teachers and those who supervise them.
(2001)
In relation to the conditions in which traveling teachers worked, participants reported the conditions that most often got in the way of their ability to effectively do their jobs were difficulties with travel, adapting ...
Michael Head: His contributions as composer, performer, educator with an analysis of selected solo songs.
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the life and work of Michael Head and to document his contributions to music education. During the course of the study, answers were sought to the following questions: (1) What ...
Effective secondary choral teacher behaviors: A survey of Oklahoma secondary choral directors.
(2003)
The data collected helped provide an overview of behaviors that secondary public school choral teachers believe could be used in a music teacher assessment tool.
Usage and development of piano method books in Taiwan: Interviews and observations with piano teachers.
(2004)
Several results imply that Taiwan's piano education circle has gradually changed from pianistic technique-based lessons to emphasizing the integrity of music learning. Teachers' strong tendency of combining different methods ...
Profiles of career-aged keyboard students: Attitudes, preferences, and demographics.
(2006)
This study sought to determine profiles for career-aged adult keyboard students (30-55 years) based on motivation. Perspectives concerning student attitudes and opinions regarding teacher qualities and traits, preferred ...
The acoustic interaction of voices in ensemble: An inquiry into the phenomenon of voice matching and the perception of unaltered vocal process.
(2002)
For Group 2, acoustic placement alone provided the best alliance of acoustic analysis and auditor/singer preference, at a rate of 50% each for close and lateral spacing. Attention to acoustic placement alone was shown to ...
Marienne Uszler's contributions to piano pedagogy.
(2003)
Uszler's work as editor and author for national journals and magazines, including The Piano Quarterly, American Music Teacher, and Piano & Keyboard, is highlighted. Her journal articles are organized and studied by topic, ...