The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener

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ISBN: 9780754604655 | 0754604659
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/28/2004

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Useful work has been done in recent years in the areas of music psychology, philosophy and education, yet this is the first book to provide a wide assessment of what practical benefits this research can bring to the music practitioner. Representing a broad range of perspectives, this volume is able to highlight many of the potential links between music research and practice.

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Music Examples

xiii

Notes on Contributors

Foreword

xxiii

Acknowledgements

xxv

1 Introduction

(8)

Jane W. Davidson

Part 1: The Practitioner and Research

2 Psychology and the Music Practitioner

(18)

Aaron Williamon and Sam Thompson

3 What and Why Do We Need to Know about Music Psychology Research to Improve Music Instrument Teaching?

(10)

Kacper Miklaszewski

4 The State of Play in Performance Studies

(16)

John Rink

5 A Case Study of a Practical Research Environment: Sibelius Academy, Helsinki

(14)

Kari Kurkela

Part 2: Theory and Experimentation: Understanding Pitches, Tuning and Rhythms

6 From Acoustics to Psychology: Pitch Strength of Sounds

(12)

Andrzej Rakowski

7 'Expressive Intonation' in String Performance: Problems of Analysis and Interpretation

(12)

Peter Johnson

8 Do Compositions Reveal Information about Historical Tuning?

(10)

Bernhard Billeter

9 Enrichment of Music Theory Pedagogy by Computer-based Repertoire Analysis and Perceptual-cognitive Theory

101

(16)

Richard Parncutt

10 The Perceptual Space Between and Within Musical Rhythm Categories

117

(16)

George Papadelis and George Papanikolaou

Part 3: Practitioners Investigating their Daily Work

11 Making a Reflexive Turn: Practical Music-making Becomes Conventional Research

133

(16)

Jane W. Davidson

12 Singing by Heart: Memorization Strategies for the Words and Music of Songs

149

(12)

Jane Ginsborg

13 Formal and Non-formal Music Learning amongst Rock Musicians

161

(14)

Anna-Karin Gullberg and Sture Brändstrom

14 Priorities in Voice Training: Carrying Power or Tone Quality

175

(18)

Allan Vurma and Jaan Ross

Part 4: Researching Musician Identity and Perception

15 Rethinking Voice Evaluation in Singing

193

(8)

Antonio G. Salgado

16 Assessing Vocal Performance

201

(14)

Daniela Coimbra and Jane W. Davidson

17 Starting a Music Degree at University

215

(10)

Stephanie E. Pitts

18 Tracing a Musical Life Transition

225

(26)

Karen Burland and Jane W. Davidson

19 Flawed Expertise: Exploring the Need to Overcome the Discrepancy between Instrumental Training and Orchestral Work - the Case of String Players

251

(12)

Daina Langner

Part 5: Adopting Innovative Research Approaches

20 A New Method for Analysing and Representing Singing

263

(22)

Stefanie Stadler Elmer and Franz-Josef Elmer

21 The Fears and Joys of New Forms of Investigation into Teaching: Student Evaluation of Instrumental Teaching

285

(10)

Ingrid Maria Hanken

22 A Role for Action Research Projects in Developing New Pedagogical Approaches to Aural and Musicianship Education

295

(14)

Nicholas Bannon

23 A New Approach to Pursuing the Professional Development of Recent Graduates from German Music Academies: The Alumni Project

309

(10)

Heiner Gembris

24 What Music Psychology is Telling Us about Emotion and Why It Can't Yet Tell Us More: A Need for Empirical and Theoretical Innovation

319

(16)

Matthew M. Lavy

Part 6: A Final Note

25 Musical Chills and Other Delights of Music

335

(18)

Jerrold Levinson

Index

353

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The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener

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