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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Playing by ear"”.
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An investigation of the effectiveness of a piano course in playing by ear and aural skills development for college students
Despite the aural nature of music, many college music majors comprehend little of the music aurally which they study or perform. Theory instructors express frustration at music students' poor aural acuity, and students lament their inability to master aural skills.
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Fostering Creative and Critical Thinking in a Beginning Instrumental Music Class
… as listeners, performers, and composers. Research questions focused on the extent to which the students in the experimental group could demonstrate growth in understanding musical structure through descriptive analysis, performance, improvisation, and composition. The musical achievement of …
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Cooperative learning methods for group piano : the development of a teaching guide
This inquiry explored cooperative learning theory and methodology in the context of teaching functional keyboard skills in undergraduate collegiate group piano classes. The purpose was to create a teaching guide to be used in the teaching and learning of harmonization, transposition, improvisation, …
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The use of notated and aural exercises as pedagogical procedures intended to develop harmonic accuracy among beginning jazz improvisers
… curriculum and outline were developed followed by student recruitment and participation. A total of 20 student volunteers participated in the methods of pedagogy (aural or notation). Data collection consisted of a musical background questionnaire and pre and posttest performance recordings. …
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Taiwan music teacher attitudes toward the arts and humanities curriculum.
… (2) Teachers' satisfaction of their students' learning outcomes, (3) Teachers' confidence in planning lessons, and (4) The number of years spent in curriculum integration. Questionnaires were distributed to 85 stratified random selected junior high schools throughout Taiwan. The school responses …
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Swinging the Score: Compositional and empirical investigations into the performance of swing and groove rhythms by score-reading musicians
… 1.) The thesis explores the effect of habitually playing from music notation on classical musicians’ ability to play by ear and produce the jazz phrasing structure known as “swing”. Swing and its relationship to groove are explored from musicological and psychological perspectives, focussing …
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High Schoolers' Approaches to Learning Melodies by Ear
Aural learning, sometimes called “learning by ear,” is a fundamental mechanism of music, connected to musical perception, acquisition, and understanding. Researchers have primarily studied aural learning strategies through self-reported data or qualitative observations. Because the interaction …