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The effects of listening conditions, error types, and ensemble textures on the error detection skills of undergraduate instrumental music education majors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study was designed with three main purposes; to compare (a) the effects of two listening conditions on error detection accuracy, (b) error detection responses for rhythm errors and note errors, and (c) the influences of texture on error...
Vocal agility in the male adolescent changing voice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
of the six tempi, with and without lyrics. Agility scores were statistically analyzed with a 3-way ANOVA. Results were that (a) mean agility scores were increasingly higher from Cooksey stage one through stage five, (b) scores were significantly higher...
The effect of piano accompaniment type and harmonic context on the tuning performance of college-level choral musicians
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. Accompaniment type was not found to have a significant effect on the tuning performance of target intervals, but harmonic context did significantly affect the singers' intonation. Most notably, intonation of major 3rds in the I and IV chords closely approximated...
Development of curriculum materials to teach American children about the culture of Taiwan through Taiwanese children's songs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
A multicultural approach to music teaching has become increasingly important in music education. Due to a lack of materials about Taiwanese songs in the United States, I designed music curriculum materials for American ...
Preschool piano methods and developmentally appropriate practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to analyze preschool piano method books and identify ways in which they were or were not consistent with guidelines of Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Programs (Bredekamp ...
Reaching digital native music majors : pedagogy for undergraduate group piano in the 21st century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
the technology groups. Results from these three projects indicated that (a) there is a need for further research in group piano contexts, (b) group piano is a valuable part of the music core curriculum because courses are conducive to 21st-century skill...
Youtube as an early childhood music education resource parental attitudes, beliefs, usages, and experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This descriptive study was designed with two main purposes: (a) to provide researchers and educators with baseline information about current YouTube music usages and practices and (b) to examine parental attitudes and beliefs towards YouTube as a...
A theoretical model of piano sightplaying components
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The goal of this study is to provide a theoretical model regarding sightplaying phenomena based upon investigation, analysis, and synthesis from a large amount of research findings, observation results, theoretical ideas, ...
An investigation of relationships between Flow Theory and music performance anxiety
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation comprises three projects designed to investigate the relationship between flow and music performance anxiety and using flow to alleviate music performance anxiety. One investigation is a comprehensive ...
Antigone in Ferguson : the experience of seven members of the democratic chorus in a social justice musical production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, through the lens of the theory of transformation (Cohen, 2007a). Antigone in Ferguson, an original musical production based on the ancient Greek drama Antigone (Sophocles, ca. 441 B.C.E./2016), was created in response to the young Black man in Ferguson...
Beautiful choral tone quality rehearsal techniques of a director
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
What is beautiful choral tone quality? What effective rehearsal techniques might be found if a successful high school choral director could be observed and interviewed? The primary goal of this study was to discover the ...