Download or read book The Effects of the Implementation of Daily Sight reading Training on Sight reading Audition Scores written by David R. Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This quantitative study was conducted using both a ninth and tenth grade treble choir at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The classes were assigned per their age to these elective courses. The study, from pre-test to post-test lasted eight weeks, during the first semester. After a pre-test using an amended version of the IMEA model of sight-singing examples was graded, the ninth grade, or experimental group, was presented with daily practice of tonal skills with a particular emphasis on sight-singing. The tenth grade, or control group, was only presented with tonal skills as they pertained to literature specific to their classroom work. This study hypothesized that when daily ear-training and sight-singing practices were used in class, improvements in students' sight-singing audition scores would be statistically significant. Data indicated that at the end of the treatment period, subjects receiving daily sight-singing training had significantly improved their abilities to intone pitch and delineate rhythms at sight when compared with those students who had not received said training. After eight weeks of training, students in the experimental group improved their mean score from 26.96 to 34.46 points of 60 available (significance measured at P(T

Download or read book Instrumental Sight Reading Development written by Stella Tartsinis, DMA and published by Stella Tartsinis. This book was released on with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instrumental Sight-Reading Development outlines strategies to improve sight-reading. Besides the strategies discussed, this guide organizes how to approach sight-reading, and how daily sight-reading practice improves the speed of learning music.

Download or read book The Effect of Sight reading Instruction on the Language Reading Fluency and Music Sight reading Ability of Middle School Band Students written by Nancy Elizabeth Barlar and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether a music sight-reading program would affect the language reading fluency levels and music sight-reading abilities of students enrolled in band in middle school. Music reading and language reading share similar visual and aural tasks that are part of the essential decoding process (Hansen, Bernstorf, & Stuber, 2007). The sight-reading process in both types of reading also requires similar eye movements and the use of structural units for fluency (Sloboda, 1985; Register, Darrow, Standley, & Swedberg, 2007). Researchers have found that sight-singing can impact language reading fluency levels, but there is minimal research on possible connections between instrumental sight-reading and language reading fluency (Biggs, Dedrick, & Homan, 2005, 2006). The current study was undertaken to determine the effect of a sight-reading program on language reading fluency and music sight-reading ability. Two intact middle school band classes were randomly assigned to function as the experimental group and the control group in this study. Florida Department of Education oral reading fluency exams and the Watkins-Farnum Performance Scale, Form A and B for sight-reading ability were administered to all students (N=55) at the beginning and end of data collection. The experimental group experienced a 14-week sight-reading program during the interim. Analysis of Covariance was used to check for differences between the groups' reading fluency and sight-reading posttest scores using pretest scores as the covariate. No significant difference was found between the oral reading fluency posttest, F (1, 28) = .16, p = .69, scores of the control and experimental groups. No significant difference was found between the music sight-reading posttest level scores, F (1, 45) = 1.78, p = .19, of the experimental and control groups. A significant, positive correlation ( r = .61, p = .000) was found between the oral reading fluency and music sight-reading posttest scores of all participants.

Download or read book The Art of Sight Reading written by Alexander M Choi and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-03 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling with sight reading in auditions? This book holds all the important tips for a successful sight reading audition and contains all the tricks to improve on your sight reading! Furthermore, this book contains several practice excerpts, as well as real excerpts from a wide range of composers, such as Mozart, Stravinsky, Bartok, Dvorak, and much more!

Download or read book The Effect of Prescribed Rhythmical Movements on the Ability to Sight Read Music written by J. David Boyle and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hoffman Method Sight Reading Trainer Book 3 written by Joseph Hffman and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Investigation of the Effects of Cognitive Chunking Practice on the Sight reading Achievement of University Non major Group Piano Students written by Lorri K. Turcios and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a cognitive chunking method of sight-reading practice on the sight-reading achievement of university non-major piano students. Students (N = 15) from four levels of intact piano classes served as subjects for this study. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups, Group A and Group B, to one of two course level groups, Elementary and Intermediate, and to one of three sight-reading proficiency groups, Low, Middle and High proficiency groups, based on site-reading pretest scores. Following the pretest and after the group assignments, a 10-week treatment began using a within subjects crossover design. During the first five weeks of treatment, Group A practiced exercises from the researcher-designed cognitive chunking sight-reading practice curriculum for 10 minutes of each weekly class period, while Group B practiced exercises from a traditional sight-reading practice curriculum for 10 minutes of each weekly class period. All exercises for both treatments were practiced with the metronome. Following the first treatment period, a sight-reading posttest was administered to all subjects. Then the second five-week treatment period began, Group A practiced exercises from the traditional sight-reading practice curriculum for 10 minutes of each weekly class, and Group B practiced exercises from the cognitive chunking sight-reading curriculum for 10 minutes of each weekly class. Following the second treatment period another site-reading posttest was administered to all subjects. Data were analyzed by paired sample t-test comparing sight-reading scores following the two practice conditions. In addition, data were analyzed by a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) comparing the two treatment orders. No significant difference was found when comparing the effects of the cognitive chunking practice and traditional sight-reading practice on subjects'composite sight-reading achievement scores. Data for the course level groups and the sight-reading proficiency groups were analyzed using a between groups ANOVA comparing composite test scores following the two practice conditions. A significant difference (p = .05) between the course level groups was found following the two practice conditions with the Intermediate course level group scoring higher than the Elementary group. In addition, a significant difference (p = .001) was found between the Low, Middle and High proficiency groups following the two practice conditions; the High proficiency group scored higher than the other proficiency groups. The researcher concluded that low-level subjects in the study likely benefited in pitch accuracy due to the cognitive chunking condition while struggling technically with the added requirements of the metronome during both conditions. Subjects in the Intermediate course level and in the Middle and High sight-reading proficiency groups benefited from the combined two-handed textures and metronome cue required during the traditional practice condition. The researcher also concluded that due to the complex nature of sight-reading at the piano, a longer treatment period of more than five weeks per practice condition was needed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive chunking instruction. Because sight-reading is a necessary skill for pianists of all levels, additional research on the effectiveness of cognitive chunking instruction is suggested. - Abstract.

Download or read book The Effects of Differing Rhythmic Instruction on Middle School Instrumentalists Rhythmic and Melodic Sight reading Performance written by Gregory Michael Miller and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Sight-reading, the act of performing unfamiliar music at sight, is a valued measure of an instrumentalist's musical training and overall musicianship. Though sight-reading is recognized as an important ability, little is known about the process or how best to prepare students for sight-reading situations. Previous research has suggested the importance of rhythm, finding that most sight-reading errors are rhythm errors, and rhythmic ability is often a strong predictor of sight-reading accuracy. Related research has investigated a variety of approaches to rhythm instruction, including mathematical (numbers-based) approaches and speech cue (word-based) methods. Many studies have suggested that the latter approach may be more suitable to school-age musicians, especially younger students who may lack the conceptual understanding needed to grasp mathematical models. Other research has affirmed the importance of providing students with opportunities to respond individually and receive regular feedback from their instructor. The current study employed two parallel rhythmic instruction strategies in an effort to determine their impact on middle school band members' sight-reading performance. The control group reviewed rhythms using a previously-learned numerical counting system while a treatment group reviewed rhythms using an original speech cue method and performed individually at scheduled intervals. Sight-reading pretests and posttests were scored and compared to measure subjects' sight-reading accuracy. Results showed no statistically significant differences between the two groups on the sight-reading posttest. Mean scores for all subjects, regardless of treatment grouping, improved from pretest to posttest, including significant gains on pitch accuracy and total sight-reading scores. Additionally, important relationships were found regarding the interplay between pitch reading and rhythm reading during melodic sight-reading, suggesting that these processes present two separate and sometimes conflicting tasks. Overall results and an analysis of the scores of top sight-readers reaffirmed the importance of rhythmic ability in determining overall sight-reading accuracy.

Download or read book Sight reading Module for Middle School Band written by Danielle Sabol and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sight-reading is one way for middle school band students to demonstrate musicianship. If the students are very good at sight-reading, then the level of musicianship is high. The researcher has created an organized module addressing methods of how to teach middle school band students to sight-read effectively. A working definition of sight-reading is playing a work of music accurately the first time it is seen by a performer. At the middle school level, performers must be able to play a steady beat, play accurate rhythms, demonstrate correct eye movements, and recognize patterns of notes to be an effective sight-reader. The students in this study were exposed to activities and lessons that addressed these four aspects of sight-reading. After the study was concluded, the researcher determined that the sight-reading abilities of the students increased. The students became aware of the skills necessary to be effective sight-readers. The most effective lesson of this study was the rhythm lesson. The least effective lesson was the eye movement lesson. The rhythm lesson allowed the students to become familiar with common rhythms, increasing their abilities to perform

Download or read book Component Skills Involved in Sight Reading Music written by Ji In Lee and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2004 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sight reading is a functional skill that is necessary for learning new pieces, chamber music and accompaniment. This study tried a new theoretical approach and was based on a combination of expertise and neuro psychological approaches. A large number of independent variables that fit into the different categories of elementary cognitive skills, general cognitive skills and expertise were used. The division of memory into working and short-term memory, and then the division of short-term memory into music-specific and non-music-specific, was a unique point of this study. Another worthy contribution of this study was the division of sight reading stimuli into five different levels of complexity, which meant that a controlled variation of conditions were implemented in the dependent variable. A crucial point of this study was the use of an objective method of analysing the sight reading performances and having an approach which was cautious and conservative towards data analysis. Another important characteristic of this study was the division of the expertise by age. This paved the way to examine the role of expertise in detail, which had never been done before. From the results of this study, sight reading seems to be a complex combination of skills which consists not only of expertise, but also of cognitive skills and psychomotor optimisation and contributes to the formation of a theory of sight reading with educational consequences. As a further result, it could be shown that the impact of this set of predictors varies with changing task difficulty, and analyses resulted in a dynamic model of predictor variables for each task level.

Download or read book Sing at First Sight Level 1 written by Andy Beck and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequential sight-singing curriculum for all choirs. Each of the six units (containing four lessons each) clearly introduces new music reading concepts, reinforces those concepts with several rhythm and pitch exercises, motivates students with helpful hints and challenge exercises, and concludes with fun-filled review games and "Evaluating Your Performance" questions. The helpful "Getting Ready" pages (which precede each unit) are filled with music fundamentals, and for choirs who have never read music before, an optional "Before We Begin" chapter opens the book. And it's all a neatly laid out publication and a perfect fit for your students. From whole notes to sixteenth-note patterns, seconds to sevenths, key signatures, dynamics, articulations, and tempo markings; it's all here, and it's all logically ordered to insure student success! Spend just a few minutes a day with this book and your choir, too, will learn to "Sing at First Sight!"

Download or read book Praxial Music Education written by David J Elliot and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praxial Music Education is a collection of essays by nineteen internationally recognized scholars in music education. Each essay offers critical reflections on a key topic in contemporary music education. The starting point of each essay, and the unifying thread of this collection, is the "praxial" philosophy of music education explained in Elliott's Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education (OUP, 1995). This philosophy argues for a socially and artistically grounded concept of music and music education, challenging the field's traditional "absolutist" foundations. Praxial Music Education is both a critical companion to Music Matters, and an independent text on contemporary issues in music education. Among the themes discussed are multicultural music education, the nature of musical understanding, early childhood music education, the nature and teaching of music listening, music curriculum development, and musical creativity. Praxial music education is a living theory. This unique collection will not only enrich discussions that already use Music Matters as their core, but will globalize current discussions and applications of the praxial philosophy and emphasize the positive and practical values of collaborative efforts in music education.

Download or read book Music for Sight Singing written by Robert W. Ottman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...Developing the "mind's ear"--the ability to imagine how music sounds without first playing it on an instrument--is essential to any musician and sight singing (in conjunction with ear training and other studies in musicianship) is invaluable in reaching this fundamental goal...[This book has an] abundance of meticulously organized melodies drawn from the literature of composed music and a wide range of the world's folk music...Each chapter methodically introduces elements one at a time, steadily increasing in difficulty while providing a musically meaningful framework around which students can hone their skills..."--preface.

Download or read book Critical Links written by Richard Deasy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two purposes of this compendium are: (1) to recommend to researchers and funders of research promising lines of inquiry and study suggested by recent, strong studies of the academic and social effects of learning in the arts; and (2) to provide designers of arts education curriculum and instruction with insights found in the research that suggest strategies for deepening the arts learning experiences and are required to achieve the academic and social effects. The compendium is divided into six sections: (1) "Dance" (Summaries: Teaching Cognitive Skill through Dance; The Effects of Creative Dance Instruction on Creative and Critical Thinking of Seventh Grade Female Students in Seoul, Korea; Effects of a Movement Poetry Program on Creativity of Children with Behavioral Disorders; Assessment of High School Students' Creative Thinking Skills; The Impact of Whirlwind's Basic Reading through Dance Programs on First Grade Students' Basic Reading Skills; Art and Community; Motor Imagery and Athletic Expertise; Essay: Informing and Reforming Dance Education Research (K. Bradley)); (2) "Drama" (Summaries: Informing and Reforming Dance Education Research; The Effects of Creative Drama on the Social and Oral Language Skills of Children with Learning Disabilities; The Effectiveness of Creative Drama as an Instructional Strategy To Enhance the Reading Comprehension Skills of Fifth-Grade Remedial Readers; Role of Imaginative Play in Cognitive Development; A Naturalistic Study of the Relationship between Literacy Development and Dramatic Play in Five-Year-Old Children; An Exploration in the Writing of Original Scripts by Inner-City High School Drama Students; A Poetic/Dramatic Approach To Facilitate Oral Communication; Children's Story Comprehension as a Result of Storytelling and Story Dramatization; The Impact of Whirlwind's Reading Comprehension through Drama Program on 4th Grade Students' Reading Skills and Standardized Test Scores; The Effects of Thematic-Fantasy Play Training on the Development of Children's Story Comprehension; Symbolic Functioning and Children's Early Writing; Identifying Casual Elements in the Thematic-Fantasy Play Paradigm; The Effect of Dramatic Play on Children's Generation of Cohesive Text; Strengthening Verbal Skills through the Use of Classroom Drama; 'Stand and Unfold Yourself' A Monograph on the Shakespeare and Company Research Study; Nadie Papers No. 1, Drama, Language and Learning. Reports of the Drama and Language Research Project, Speech and Drama Center, Education Department of Tasmania; The Effects of Role Playing on Written Persuasion; 'You Can't Be Grandma: You're a Boy'; The Flight of Reading; Essay: Research on Drama and Theater in Education (J. Catterall)); (3) "Multi-Arts" (Summaries: Using Art Processes To Enhance Academic Self-Regulation; Learning in and through the Arts; Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School; Involvement in the Arts and Human Development; Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE); The Role of the Fine and Performing Arts in High School Dropout Prevention; Arts Education in Secondary Schools; Living the Arts through Language and Learning; Do Extracurricular Activities Protect against Early School Dropout?; Does Studying the Arts Engender Creative Thinking?; The Arts and Education Reform; Placing A+ in a National Context; The A+ Schools Program; The Arts in the Basic Curriculum Project; Mute Those Claims; Why the Arts Matter in Education Or Just What Do Children Learn When They Create an Opera?; SAT Scores of Students Who Study the Arts; Essay: Promising Signs of Positive Effects: Lessons from the Multi-Arts Studies (R. Horowitz; J. Webb-Dempsey)); (4) "Music" (Summaries: Effects of an Integrated Reading and Music Instructional Approach on Fifth-Grade Students' Reading Achievement, Reading Attitude, Music Achievement, and Music Attitude; The Effect of Early Music Training on Child Cognitive Development; Can Music Be Used To Teach Reading?; The Effects of Three Years of Piano Instruction on Children's Cognitive Development; Enhanced Learning of Proportional Math through Music Training and Spatial-Temporal Training; The Effects of Background Music on Studying; Learning To Make Music Enhances Spatial Reasoning; Listening to Music Enhances Spatial-Temporal Reasoning; An Investigation of the Effects of Music on Two Emotionally Disturbed Students' Writing Motivations and Writing Skills; The Effects of Musical Performance, Rational Emotive Therapy and Vicarious Experience on the Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem of Juvenile Delinquents and Disadvantaged Children; The Effect of the Incorporation of Music Learning into the Second-Language Classroom on the Mutual Reinforcement of Music and Language; Music Training Causes Long-Term Enhancement of Preschool Children's Spatial-Temporal Reasoning; Classroom Keyboard Instruction Improves Kindergarten Children's Spatial-Temporal Performance; A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Music as Reinforcement for Education/Therapy Objectives; Music and Mathematics; Essay: An Overview of Research on Music and Learning (L. Scripp)); (5) "Visual Arts" (Summaries: Instruction in Visual Art; The Arts, Language, and Knowing; Investigating the Educational Impact and Potential of the Museum of Modern Art's Visual Thinking Curriculum; Reading Is Seeing; Essay: Reflections on Visual Arts Education Studies (T. L. Baker)); and (6) "Overview" (Essay: The Arts and the Transfer of Learning (J. S. Catterall)). (BT)

Download or read book Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching written by Ivan Galamian and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2017-12-27 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Galamian presents his teaching philosophy, including specific advice on posture, technique, interpretation, and recommended practice structure"--Back cover.

Download or read book The American Music Teacher written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contemporary Music Education written by Michael L. Mark and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover recent developments and current concerns in the field.