TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davidson,Jane W.
TI  - The music practitioner: research for the music performer, teacher, and listener 
SN  - 0754604659
AV  - ML3830 .M9815 2009
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Music
KW  - Psychological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; part 1. The practitioner and research. Psychology and the music practitioner; / Aaron Williamon and Sam Thompson; -- What and why do we need to know about music psychology research to improve music instrument teaching?; / Kacper Miklaszewski; -- The state of play in performance studies; / John Rink; -- A case study of a practical research environment : Sibelius Academy, Helsinki; / Kari Kurkela; part 2. Theory and experimentation : understanding pitches, tuning and rhythms. From acoustics to psychology : pitch strength of sounds; / Andrzej Rakowski; -- 'Expressive intonation' in string performance : problems of analysis and interpretation; / Peter Johnson; -- Do compositions reveal information about historical tuning?; / Bernhard Billeter; -- Enrichment of music theory pedagogy by computer-based repertoire analyses and perceptual-cognitive theory; / Richard Parncutt; -- The perceptual space between and within musical rhythm categories; / George Papadelis and George Papanikolaou; part 3. Practitioners investigating their daily work. Making a reflexive turn : practical music-making becomes conventional research; / Jane W. Davidson; -- Singing by heart : memorization strategies for the words and music of songs; / Jane Ginsborg; -- Formal and non-formal music learning amongst rock musicians; / Anna-Karin Gullberg and Sture Brändström; -- Priorities in voice training : carrying power or tone quality; / Allan Vurma and Jaan Ross; part 4. Researching musician identity and perception. Rethinking voice evaluation in singing; / António G. Salgado; -- Assessing vocal performance; / Daniela Coimbra and Jane W. Davidson; -- Starting a music degree at university; / Stephanie E. Pitts; -- Tracing a musical life transition; / Karen Burland and Jane W. Davidson; -- Flawed expertise : exploring the need to overcome the discrepancy between instrumental training and orchestral work, the case of string players; / Daina Langner; part 5. Adopting innovative research approaches. A new method for analysing and representing singing; / Stefanie Stadler Elmer and Franz-Josef Elmer; -- The fears and joys of new forms of investigation into teaching : student evaluation of instrumental teaching; / Ingrid Maria Hanken; -- A role for action research projects in developing new pedagogical approaches to aural and musicianship education; / Nicholas Bannan; -- A new approach to pursuing the professional development of recent graduates from German music academies : the alumni project; / Heiner Gembris; -- What music psychology is telling us about emotion and why it can't yet tell us more : a need for empirical and theoretical innovation; / Matthew M. Lavy; part 6. A final note. Musical chills and other delights of music; / Jerrold Levinson
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