An Annotated Bibliography of String Method Books and Theory Books for Pre-College String Students, with a Focus on Music Theory Concepts and Sequence Analysis

<p>The Hattiesburg Public School District (HPSD) Strings program, one of the largest public school string programs in the state of Mississippi, has been utilizing a method book series titled <em>Essential Elements for Strings </em>(EES) in their curriculum since the early 2000s. After almost two decades of use, the HPSD Strings staff has noticed that a majority of intermediate and advanced strings students struggle with fundamental music theory concepts. The current music theory deficiencies necessitate an improvement in the HPSD Strings curriculum's choice of instructional materials.</p> <p>Referencing established music curricula and music theory textbooks, the instruction of fundamental music theory concepts of rhythm and pitch mostly follow a “Conventional Sequence.” These concepts introduced in any given book can be categorized accordingly, and a correlation percentage can be calculated showing how well the publication places music theory concepts in a sequenced instruction. The sequences of eight string method book series and seven music theory books were analyzed and each book received a ranking according to their rhythm correlation, pitch correlation, and the correlation average. HPSD string teachers or any teacher who is considering improving their curriculum to utilize in the most time-efficient way may refer to the findings from this research to select materials for their string program.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Music (MM)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Hale, Rebecca Zou

Contributors dc:contributor

• R. Daniel Beard
• Joseph Brumbeloe
• Christopher Goertzen

• string methods
• curricula
• pre-college
• music theory
• sequence analysis
• Music Education
• Music Pedagogy

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/877

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1940