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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Piano -- Performance"”.
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Piano performance : strategies for score memorisation
Accurate live performance demands that player equip him/herself with a secure memorisation of the work. Most professional pianists are familiar with the four aspects of music memory, namely Kinaesthetic, Aural, Visual and Analytical Memories. However, these may not be enough in themselves to ensure …
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Tasteful piano performance in classic-era Britain
In recent decades, British solo piano repertoire of the Classic era has attracted increasing interest from researchers. A number of scholars have sought to identify the compositional elements that comprise late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British piano music. Despite this interest, …
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The effect of left-hand training on piano performance
… determine the effects of left-hand training on piano performance among college students with no piano background. A pilot study and an expanded study were conducted over a two year period. Volunteers for each study were randomly assigned to either a control group or a treatment group. The …
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From Music to Medicine: Transfer of Motor Skills from Piano Performance to Laparoscopic Surgery
… from one domain of expertise to another, piano performance and surgical training serve as a relevant, interdisciplinary context in which to study the transfer of motor skills given both have relatively well-established levels of performance and require complex fine motor skills. Musicians …
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Two-piano performance : its classification, history, and challenges, with a compilation of a detailed catalogue of works
Research into the art of duo piano playing has been severely neglected. Repertoire is generally incorporated into books on solo piano playing and is often omitted from chamber work listings. With the exception of one outdated, out-of-print book by Hans Moldenhauer, I no author has attempted to …
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Effects of practice strategies, metronome use, meter, hand, and musical function on dual-staved piano performance accuracy and practice time usage of undergraduate
… metronome, meter, hand, and musical function on piano performance accuracy of undergraduate music majors enrolled in piano class (N=39), and 2) To assess the effects of practice strategies on practice time relative to two unfamiliar pieces of keyboard music. Throughout an eight-week training …
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Theorizing Pianistic Experience: Tradition, Instrument, Performer
This dissertation theorizes expressive sound in piano performance. It views the act of obtaining a desired sound as an act of subtly adjusting to continually changing conditions of sound production. It takes a performer's perspective, focusing on the personal experience of sound, as it is being …
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Self-accompaniment and improvisation in solo jazz piano: Practice-led investigations of assimilation, ostinatos and ‘hand splitting’
… the crafting of approaches to solo jazz piano performance. Through a study and application of assimilation techniques derived from a range of different music styles, a series of self-accompaniments were devised. In addition, the process of developing improvisational facility over these …
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Survey of the Integration of Learning Theories In American Undergraduate Piano Pedagogy Curricula
… of learning theories within undergraduate piano pedagogy courses at member schools of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). A 47-question online survey was sent to each 4-year member school listed in the 2007 NASM directory. The survey elicited 111 responses concerning …
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The Shape of Music. Computational Specification of Hand Gestures in Piano Playing.
… as shapes. A case study was carried out on piano performance. I explored piano hand gestures in terms of technique and expressive intent, essential elements of the pianist’s playing style. I designed and ran a controlled study to capture gesture variation in performances of the same music, …
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The Effects of a Performance-Oriented Music Appreciation Class on Beginning Adult Piano Study
… appreciation of music do not guarantee improved piano performance with adult beginners. Practice time, natural physical coordination, and devotion to learning are still vital in music learning, and (4) although artistry can be an innate ability, through practice and increased understanding of …
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A Survey of the Piano Sonatas of Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) with Performance Suggestions for the Piano Sonata in G Minor
… of the formal structures of five sonatas and performance suggestions for the G minor piano sonata of Wilhelm Stenhammar. This paper explores aspects of piano performance, such as the basic technical approach, interpretation suggestions, as well as examinations of pedaling, possible fingering, …
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A Performance Guide to Fancis Poulenc's 15 Improvisations in B Minor and C Major; Franz Schuert's Piano Sonata in a Minor OP 42, D845; Claude Dubussy's L'Isle Joyeuse
… of Humanities degree, which emphasizes on piano performance, is a guide to the Graduate Recital held on April 19th, 2007 at Angelico Concert Hall of Dominican University of California. The project provides information about Francis Poulenc’s 15 Improvisations in b minor and C major, Franz …
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Interacting with the piano
This thesis explores the expansion of the piano performance environment, using technology to augment the sound, the playing area of the piano and its surroundings, and/or the performer's own body in controlling electronic elements of the music. In particular I examine the extension of piano …
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Digital Pianoforte Tutor: A Computer based evaluator for Piano Playing
Evaluating a piano playing has been the domain of music experts most of the time. If one (i.e. pianist or piano player) needs to receive precise evaluation on his/ her piano playing (i.e. piano performance) of a music piece given in sheet music (i.e. manuscript having music notation for the music …
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A pedagogical compilation for pianists dealing with five technical problems in performance
… he emphasized to students that the technic of piano playing is not synonymous with the mechanics of piano playing.' Mechanics encompass specific problems such as 1) octaves, 2) pedalling, 3) articulation, 4) velocity, and 5) weight and relaxation. Technic involves not only the practical …
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski's Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 21: Insights into his compositional technique and performance style.
… Paderewski are a valuable documentation of his piano performance style. Knowledge of late-Romantic performance practices gleaned from Paderewski's recordings suggest ways of approaching the performance of his Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 21. This Sonata, composed in 1903 near the end of his …
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For a ‘Dramaturgy of the Piano Recital’ – an investigation of interdisciplinary strategies for live classical piano performances
… interdisciplinary strategies for live classical piano performances. The questions which initiated this research emerged from my practice as a classical pianist, and they are concerned, in particular, with the space of the performance, the formalities of the concert etiquette, and the format of …
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