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The effect of piano accompaniment type and harmonic context on the tuning performance of college-level choral musicians
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of piano accompaniment style on the intonation performance of college-level choral musicians. It was hypothesized that using a piano accompaniment comprised solely of referential tones (RT), as opposed...
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...
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 teachers to implement...
Vocal agility in the male adolescent changing voice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
tone quality factors. Each participant was recorded while singing a stepwise song pattern at increasing tempi, with and without lyrics. Judges later listened to the randomized recordings, and assigned agility scores for each participant at each...
Reaching digital native music majors : pedagogy for undergraduate group piano in the 21st century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation comprises three projects that were designed to contribute to our understanding of today's digital native music majors and their needs within the group piano curriculum. The first investigation is a review of literature pertaining...
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, teaching methods...
Preschool piano methods and developmentally appropriate practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
) and developmental characteristics of children as identified in related research findings. The literature reviewed encompassed a historical overview, goals and designs of preschool piano method books, age-related developmental, musical, and learning characteristics...
Antigone in Ferguson : the experience of seven members of the democratic chorus in a social justice musical production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, Missouri, who was killed by a police officer and whose body was left on the street for over four hours. The performance includes four actors, a democratic choir comprising singers representing various professions including police officers, and choirs from...
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 strategy and technique used...
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 literature review on flow...