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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Musical Concepts"”.
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A Description Of The Musical Concepts Artist-Level Jazz Musicians Employ While Improvising
The purpose of this study is to analyze musical concepts employed by artist-level jazz performers (professional jazz musicians) playing an improvised solo. These concepts are then compared to the participant's pedagogical background in improvisation. Subjects were videorecorded performing an …
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The Effects of Creating Activities on the Learning of Selected Musical Concepts and Students' Learning Attitudes
Teaching creating activities was concluded to be an effective way of teaching music because it crucially developed abilities to transfer learning and because students enjoyed it. However, music teachers seemed to need more related pedagogical training.
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An Application of Bruner's Theory of Mental Growth to the Teaching of Musical Concepts in Beginning Instrumental Music
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Podium Discourse: Verbal Communication in Secondary School Band Programs
… of conductor use verbal communication to teach musical concepts and increase the performance level of the ensemble in a secondary school band rehearsal context. During the course of this study, four secondary school music educators were interviewed twice, observed directing two rehearsals, and …
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A Content Analysis of Three Textbook Series
… Macmillan, and Silver Burdett/Ginn, using the concepts of melody and rhythm as a basis of criteria. The number of rhythmic activities, including chants and movements, and the number or opportunities for instrument playing, was recorded to determine whether or not experience preceded …
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Expressive digital musical instruments for children
… to use technology to introduce children to musical expressivity and creativity. It describes a set of digital musical instruments that were developed in an effort to provide children with new tools for interaction, exploration and enjoyment of music. The thesis unfolds a multidisciplinary …
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Through the Lens of Freemasonry: The Influence of Ancient Esoteric Thought on Beethoven's Late Works
I attempt to show in this thesis that Beethoven's musical concepts were deeply enriched through the influence of Freemasonry and other types of ancient philosophical and esoteric thought. The composer integrated these concepts into his world view as well as his music. Evidence of this …
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Shaping tradition in Arabic song: The career and repertory of Umm Kulthum
… of modern, yet authentically Egyptian Arabic musical expression. Rather than emphasize the talent of an exceptional individual, attention is focused upon Umm Kulthum's repertory, which is treated as the widely shared cultural property it became through her extensive use of mass media. The …
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Music made visible in time and space : concepts of simultaneity in tone-eurythmy choreography
… speech. This dissertation explores eurythmy's musical field, called tone-eurythmy, in its multifaceted appearances, background and within its philosophical context. Tone-eurythmy, carried out by performers moving in space and time, makes music visible. It transforms music into a new …
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Education in and by rhythm: Exploring holistic experiences in Dalcroze pedagogy
… to music education that uses movement to teach musical concepts in a socially interactive setting. Jaques-Dalcroze developed a system of rhythmic training to provide a foundation for later musical studies; his méthode also provides students with increased awareness of self and of social and …
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A Beginning Teacher's Guide to Beginner Violinists
… trumpet player who wants to expand their musical experiences, to an elderly woman who always wanted to learn the violin. Students vary in personality, learning style, physical ability, musical background, and personal history. These differences should be understood and utilized by a …
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Historical and practical perspectives of touch, meter, and style in organ playing
… to students aspiring to establish a strong musical foundation on the instrument. Emphasizing the significance of these three fundamental musical concepts, the study employs annotated score excerpts to illustrate their application across diverse organ repertoire spanning different musical …
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Survey and analysis of selected rhythm band literature 1928-1932
… rhythm band scores demonstrated the desirable musical outcomes then and now: reading rhythms and demonstrating an understanding of musical concepts such as form, dynamics, tempo, and meter. The pieces exemplified some of the goals of the Progressive Era such as education for group cooperation …
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A Comparison of the Kodaly Methodology and Feierabend's Conversational Solfege
… are discussed in detail. Folk music, the primary musical material utilized by both methodologies, is also examined.</p> <p>All concepts in either the Kodaly method or Conversational Solfege progress through specific stages to ensure sequential instruction and the students* understanding. The …
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Music, action, and narrative in film : an energetic and gestural approach to film score analysis
… not always apparent. Many traditional means of musical analysis are not equipped to account for these extramusical associations. Film music analysis may benefit from considering musical gestures a way for understanding these connections to filmic and narrative imagery. Music theorists and …
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The effect of a pop/rock music repertoire on the music achievement and preferences of lower secondary school students
… in changes of student achievements and musical preferences were the focus at the data collecting stages. Reported research indicates that students need to be motivated for learning to occur. One approach to motivation is the incorporation of pop/rock music in programmes. However, popular …
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"Karol Szymanowski's ""Stabat Mater"""
… effort to reawaken Poland's interest in its musical heritage. Szymanowski's early studies, isolated in the village of Tymoszowka, created a lifelong interest in and knowledge of Polish tradition and enabled him to acquire extensive basic skills in music. The ""Young Poland in Music"" movement …
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A constructivist approach to developing interactive digital technology for musical learning
… development in this field, and to promote musical creativities at the individual and social level. Following a constructivist-interpretivist approach, a range of qualitative methods are applied in the pursuit of these goals. The emerging educational methodology of Software Design as …
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An Ideal -Typical Approach to Methodology in Comparative Music Education
… is found through the use of Burton's areas of musical commonalities: musical concepts, musical processes, musical media, musical functions, and performance considerations. After a general model for comparative music education is constructed, a problem is formulated for investigation: namely, …
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Through the lens of freemasonry: the influence of ancient esoteric thought on Beethoven's late works
… attempt to show in this thesis that Beethoven’s musical concepts were deeply enriched through the influence of Freemasonry and other types of ancient philosophical and esoteric thought. The composer integrated these concepts into his world view as well as his music. Evidence of this …
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