Coordinated action in string playing: a comparative study of the teachings of Paul Rolland and Karen Tuttle

Coordinated Action in String Playing: A Comparative Study of the Teachings of Paul Rolland and Karen Tuttle by Lauren Burns Paul Rolland and Karen Tuttle were two prominent pedagogues in the twentieth century with remarkable similarities regarding emphasis on naturalness and freedom of motion for string playing. This study provides biographical information on each pedagogue and a comparison of their specific teachings in the following categories: teaching philosophy, posture, bowing and the left arm. Some relevant examples from Rolland's Action Studies are interspersed to provide the viola teacher with examples of this resource, useful for developing these fundamentals or correcting a student's faults in preparation for studies in Tuttle's "coordination" system. I then set forth a group of studies, modeled after Rolland's Action Studies, that the viola teacher may use for exploring Tuttle's "coordination" ideas and training musical expression in students. Tuttle's "coordination" system is useful for teaching artistry and expression, especially if the student has expressive potential as well as the ability to understand tension and release. The "Coordination" Studies that I have provided in this document make these ideas available and accessible to other teachers, with concrete exercises for developing each technique in a teaching situation. When combined with proper technical fundamentals that can be established by the use of Rolland's Action Studies, a viola teacher can use these two systems to train students as complete artists with sufficient technical and expressive skills.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Alabama Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Burns, Erika Lauren

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Sweaney, Daniel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peles, Stephen
• Biermann, Joanna Cobb
• Fulks, Jubal
• Grout, Holly
• Noffsinger, Jonathan S.

• Music
• Pedagogy
• Performing arts education

Statement dc:rights

• All rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US, English

Dc Identifier Other

u0015_0000001_0001160
Burns_alatus_0004D_11373

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ir.ua.edu:123456789/1637