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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"instrumentalists"”.
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Unprecedented access? Women instrumentalists in punk bands 1976-1984: an exploration
… large influx of women into rock music, as punk instrumentalists in the late 1970s, has been underplayed; instead, women punks have been stereotypically documented. Girls' and womens' roles as producers of music, and their consequent contribution to the sound of punk music, have been subjected to …
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Effects of mental and physical practice on 6th grade beginning band instrumentalists' performance accuracy
… of three practice conditions on beginning band instrumentalists’ performance of a short musical selection. Fifty- nine sixth grade beginning band students were randomly assigned to either a physical practice, mental practice, or no practice (control) treatment. A pre-test score was obtained by …
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EFFECTS OF VERBAL-ONLY AND PAIRED VERBAL-GESTURAL INSTRUCTION ON PERFORMANCE SKILL OF DEVELOPING WIND INSTRUMENTALISTS
… instruction on the performance skills of wind instrumentalists with no more than three years of performance experience. Reviewed are different conducting strategies and their effects on musical expression in ensemble performance as demonstrated by small ensembles. Two sets of participants were …
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A multiple case study of the ensemble experiences of three collegiate brass instrumentalists with physical disabilities
… perceptions of three different collegiate brass instrumentalists with physical disabilities. I sought to discern the meaning of inclusion to students with disabilities and the state of current inclusive practices. I also sought to understand their challenges as collegiate brass instrumentalists …
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An Examination Of The Relationship Between Teaching Method And Middle School Instrumentalists' Performance Of Three Expressive Skills
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between instrumental music teacher instructional approaches on student performance of expressive skills at the middle school level. The instructional approaches of: a) modeling only, b) verbal communication using technical explanation only, …
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The effects of self-evaluation, self-listening, and modeling on junior high instrumentalists' music performance and practice attitude
… and modeling have on junior high school instrumentalists' music performance and practice attitude. Eighty-two seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade students were randomly assigned to one of eight groups in the 2 x 2 x 2 pretest/posttest factorial design. Participants prepared three brief …
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A Comparison of Aural and Visual Instructional Methodologies Designed to Improve the Intonation Accuracy of Seventh Grade Violin and Viola Instrumentalists.
… accuracy of seventh grade violin and viola instrumentalists. The collection of data was in regard to (1) instructional methodology: aural and aural/visual, (2) performance tasks: A, B, and C; (3) individual pitches (seven from each of the music tasks), and (4) differences between instrument …
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The Effect Of Colored Accent Marks In Music Notation During The Sight-Reading Process For High School And College Wind Instrumentalists
… The first study utilized 56 volunteer wind instrumentalists from a high school band as subjects, while the second study utilized 30 volunteer wind instrumentalists from a college band as subjects. The same pretest-posttest experiment was used for each study. The subjects were randomly …
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Music teachers and technology: An investigation of personal innovativeness, computer anxiety, and technological proficiency
… in computer anxiety were found between instrumentalists and vocalists. Instrumentalists also indicated higher levels of proficiency in the various technologies.
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Toward a Semiotic Approach to Analyzing the Trombonist's Repertoire
… similarities in sound production between brass instrumentalists and vocalists to apply current research in vocal gesture (Frith 1996, Burns 2001, Heidemann 2016) to the trombone. This theory extends into the realm of embodiment analysis (Larson 2012), and I explore new ways to discuss embodiment …
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Exploration, Language and Application: An Approach to Teaching Beginning Instrumental Jazz Improvisation
… to teaching beginning jazz improvisation to instrumentalists in a classroom setting. It was determined that there exists a need for an accessible (to both teacher and student) method for teaching beginning jazz improvisation to instrumentalists. This is due to the lack of emphasis on jazz …
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Electronic String Quartet #1
… to be played by five performers -- string instrumentalists and sound engineer. A notation for the electronic effects was invented to provide a clear, simple, and precise system for manipulating the effects in real-time.
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Contributions of Selected Music Skills to Music Sight Reading Achievement and Rehearsed Reading Achievement
… reading, determined. Subjects were 123 wind instrumentalists in sixth and seventh grade bands in two New York state public schools. Multiple regression analysis was used to build models from the selected music skills to predict sight-reading and rehearsed reading achievement. Models were …
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A Study of the Factors Which Influence Collegiate Choral Ensemble Participation by Non-Music Majors at Six State-Supported Universities in Illinois
… themselves less strongly as music readers and instrumentalists, and quite low as composers and dancers.
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The effect of modular acoustics on a performer's perception in multi-use (symphonic and operatic) concert halls
… what is the difference between the opinions of instrumentalists and vocal musicians? Reverberation times in the Rogers Center auditorium in Andover, MA were taken onstage with the hall's acoustical curtains either hidden or exposed. Performers in the school musical and in a local symphony group …
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ECLECTIC STRINGS AND MOTIVATIONAL DESIGN:GUIDING STRING EDUCATION IN THE PROMOTION OF LIFELONG MUSICIANSHIP
… of sources (including classical) for individual instrumentalists and ensembles) in the public school secondary string program, coupled with the ARCS Model of Motivational Design (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction) – a tool for effective curriculum design. The premise is that the …
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ECLECTIC STRINGS AND MOTIVATIONAL DESIGN:GUIDING STRING EDUCATION IN THE PROMOTION OF LIFELONG MUSICIANSHIP
… of sources (including classical) for individual instrumentalists and ensembles) in the public school secondary string program, coupled with the ARCS Model of Motivational Design (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction) – a tool for effective curriculum design. The premise is that the …
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The Saxophone as a Solo Instument in Gospel Music: The Musical Contributions of Dr. Vernard Johnson
… who popularized and blazed the trail for other instrumentalists to appear as soloists with choral accompaniment. Previously, instruments played a limited role as added features to the standard five-piece rhythm section, which consisted of organ, piano, drums, bass and lead guitars. Because of …
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The association between learning processes and formal music electives among sixth grade music students
… instrumental and vocalists, and 10.85 among instrumentalists, vocalists and doublers, respectively all chi square values were not found to be statistically significant. Results of the study indicate that a diverse portrait of learning processes exists among sixth grade elective music …
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