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AN ANALYSIS OF THE MUSIC CONTENT IN TEN PIANO METHODS (1994-
2006) FOR THE ELEMENTARY-AGED BEGINNING PIANO STUDENT FOR
MENC NATIONAL STANDARDS BASED ELEMENTS
by
Julie Ann Ballard
___________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
(MUSIC EDUCATION)
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Julie Ann Ballard
Object Description
| Title | An analysis of the music content in ten piano methods (1994-2006) for the elementary-aged beginning piano student for MENC National Standards based elements |
| Author | Ballard, Julie Ann |
| Author email | lafemmejulita@aol.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Musical Arts |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Music Education |
| School | Thornton School of Music |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-06-26 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-07-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | McGraw, Gwendolyn |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Helfter, Susan Thurmond, Dennis |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate elements of MENC National Standards in select piano methods for variety of repertoire (Standard 2) and the development of skills for creating and reading music (Standards 3, 4, and 5).; The following research questions were posed: 1) What is the percentage of repertoire in each of the following categories: author composed, non-author pedagogical, Western art music, folk and traditional, nursery and play, multicultural, religious, and popular? 2) What are the percentages of solo and duet repertoire? 3) What is the percentage of music content devoted to creating music (improvising or composing)? 4) What is the variety of keys and meters being experienced through music reading activities? 5) What technology is available to support performance and musicianship? 6) How do these methods rate in variety of repertoire, inclusion of music creating activities, and variety of reading experiences directly related to elements of both key and meter?; Excellent overall ratings were given to Hal Leonard: Piano Lessons (1996, 1997) and The Music Tree (2000) for variety of repertoire, inclusion of music creating activities, and variety of music reading experience. High percentages of author-composed pieces were present across all method series. High percentages of duets were found in the first books of each method, with numbers decreasing as levels increased. Low percentages of music creating activities were found in most series, the greatest exception being Celebrate Piano! (2003) with 20.70%. No technology was found aside from CD and/or MIDI disk accompaniments for lesson book repertoire. |
| Keyword | piano methods; elementary; beginner; standards; repertoire; variety; recreating; creating; reading; improvising; composing; MENC National Standards |
| 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 |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m615 |
| Rights | Ballard, Julie Ann |
| 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-Ballard-20070713 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Ballard-20070713.pdf |
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| Full text | AN ANALYSIS OF THE MUSIC CONTENT IN TEN PIANO METHODS (1994- 2006) FOR THE ELEMENTARY-AGED BEGINNING PIANO STUDENT FOR MENC NATIONAL STANDARDS BASED ELEMENTS by Julie Ann Ballard ___________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS (MUSIC EDUCATION) August 2007 Copyright 2007 Julie Ann Ballard |
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