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A Comparison of the Acoustical Properties in Solo and Ensemble Performance of the Trombone

Description: The specific problems investigated involved identifying and describing the characteristics of fundamental frequency, overall intensity, and spectral content in unaccompanied and ensemble performance settings. Additionally, comparisons and descriptions of the relationships among these acoustical parameters were made. Fifteen trombonists were used as research subjects. Each subject recorded a selected musical excerpt in the following performance modes: high register unaccompanied, harmonic, and u… more
Date: December 1984
Creator: Himes, Addison Choate
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Investigation of the Relationship of Self Concept to Selected Communication Skills of Choral Conductors

Description: This study investigated the relationship between selected measures of self concept as perceived by a group of choral conductors, their eye dependency on score, and the measures of expressive voice. The problems were (1) to determine the degree of perceived self concept of a selected group of choral music teachers through measures of (a) total self, (b) physical self, (c) moral-ethical self, (d) personal self, (e) family self, and (f) social self? (2) to assess eye dependency on score of the sam… more
Date: May 1984
Creator: Simons, Stephen Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The General Music Course in the Secondary School: A Content Analysis of Selected Curricular Sources

Description: The study described through content analysis the general music course in the secondary school as perceived in selected curricular sources from the 1960's and 1970's. As various writers of curricular sources developed their own content and methodologies, a vast amount of data became available which seemed unmanageable because of the particular philosophical goals chosen for the course. The study organized in a systematic manner the content and methodologies of the.course by means of eighteen cat… more
Date: December 1984
Creator: Lawrence, David Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries
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