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A COMPARISON OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGHT READING PITCH
ACCURACY IN BEGINNING INSTRUMENTALISTS AFTER TREATMENT
by
Asunción Ojeda
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
(MUSIC EDUCATION)
December 2010
Copyright 2010 Asunción Ojeda
Object Description
| Title | A comparison of improvements in sight reading pitch accuracy in beginning instrumentalists after treatment |
| Author | Ojeda, Asunción |
| Author email | asuncion_ojeda@sbcglobal.net; aojeda@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Musical Arts |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Music Education |
| School | Thornton School of Music |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-09-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Woodward, Sheila C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Helfter, Susan Simms, Bryan |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to compare relative gains in sight reading ability by two groups of elementary students when compared to each other after 8 weeks of treatment and to determine whether or not the participants used the pre-reading routine in which they were trained during testing. The study sample included fourth and fifth grade students (n=52) enrolled in urban public schools who attended weekly instrumental music classes. The curricular context was that of rote-to-note instruction coupled with the incorporation of literacy development through vocal activities. The study employed a pre- and post-test, quasi-experimental two-group design, with a treatment period of eight weeks. Experimental Group I employed a solfège-based melody reading approach, and Experimental Group II employed an intervallic sight reading approach. In order to insure that all the participants had access to guided reading instruction, no control group was employed. Each of the groups demonstrated statistically significant improvement in sight reading accuracy in the post-tests, when compared with pre-test scores (p<.05). The differences in the mean gain scores for the groups were not statistically significant. In the testing situation, none of the participants appeared to use the entire procedure in which they were trained, but eight used a portion thereof. The results indicate that improvements in sight reading can be achieved in beginning instrumentalists through diverse teaching approaches, and that neither of the two approaches investigated here showed evidence of being significantly more valuable that the other in terms of impacting sight reading skills. |
| Keyword | music; beginning instrumental music; sight reading; elementary school music; guided reading practice; melodic sight reading |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3438 |
| Rights | Ojeda, Asunción |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Ojeda-4116 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Ojeda-4116.pdf |
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| Full text | A COMPARISON OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGHT READING PITCH ACCURACY IN BEGINNING INSTRUMENTALISTS AFTER TREATMENT by Asunción Ojeda A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS (MUSIC EDUCATION) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Asunción Ojeda |
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