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Jean Ritchie's "Field Trip---Scotland": An examination of unpublished field recordings collected in Scotland, 1952--1953.
(2000)
The study also provides a chronology of Ritchie's fieldwork, reconstructed through letters, diaries and personal interviews with her and others. Appendices include brief rhythmic, melodic and formal analyses of the songs, ...
Secondary instrumental music teachers' evaluation of essential knowledge and skills for successful teaching.
(2007)
A pilot study of instrumental music teachers in Texas (N = 60) was completed, and revisions to the questionnaire and variables used in the main study were made. The final portion of the study asked band and orchestra ...
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 ...
Field-dependent/independent learner responses to instructional technologies used in college group piano classes.
(1999)
Instruction during course was designed and conducted by the researcher. Instructional systems design (ISD) procedures were employed to (1) identify specific instructional goals, (2) develop teaching strategies, and (3) ...
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, ...
Career satisfaction and resilience among Oklahoma band directors.
(2006)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic, professional, social, and personal influences related to career satisfaction and teacher resilience among instrumental music educators, as determined by responses ...
Youth choir periodicals published by the Southern Baptist Convention: 1966-1995.
(1998)
This study documents the development of youth choir periodicals published by the Church Music Department of the Baptist Sunday School Board located in Nashville, Tennessee. The first periodical written specifically for ...
The effects of computer-assisted keyboard technology and MIDI accompaniments on group piano students' performance accuracy and attitudes.
(2007)
Recommendations from the results include using CAI such as the Guide Mode to help group piano students improve in pitch accuracy during the early stages of learning new repertoire. After students feel comfortable with the ...
Franz Liszt's solo piano music from his Roman period, 1862-1868.
(1999)
The main body of the document consists of five chapters, each devoted to a particular facet of Liszt's Roman solo piano music: Original Works, Transcriptions of Keyboard Works, Transcriptions of Orchestral and Chamber ...