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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, ...
A design for the development and implementation of a beginning group piano curriculum for leisure age adults.
(1982)
The course was designed for students with little or no musical training and was divided into eight weekly classes lasting ninety minutes. The class was taught in a piano laboratory setting with electronic pianos for the ...
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 ...
An electromyographic examination of wrist motion while executing selected drumstick techniques with matched grip.
(1999)
Using surface electromyography, this study examined the activity of flexor carpi u1naris and extensor carpi u1naris during execution of drumstick single, double, and buzz strokes. Subjects included 9 male and female ...
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 ...
The contributions of Clarence A. Burg to piano pedagogy.
(1997)
Interviews with Burg's relatives and archival materials provided biographical data. Information regarding Burg's piano teaching philosophy and approaches was gathered from questionnaires returned by sixty-seven of his ...
Using MIDI technology to enhance tuning skills for choral conductors .
(2006)
Chapter Two provides a background on the development of pitch and temperament along with mathematical calculations for different scales. These calculations provide the framework for the tuning software included with the document.