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1. Instrumental students' strategies for finding interpretations: Complexity and individual variety. Author: Hultberg, Cecilia
Music Education, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden
Source Psychology of Music. Vol 36(1), Jan 2008, pp. 7-23
Abstract
In this article, a qualitative, collaborative study on two students' preparation of public performances of guitar duos is presented. A cultural-psychological perspective was used, and data were collected in natural settings. Participants' processes of finding interpretations are characterized by complex strategies, based on individual familiarity with conventions of expressions. Participants negotiate with each other, the composer and the tradition. Individually diverging initial strategies are identified. Mainly tradition-based learning is related to preferences for playing continuously in order to grasp the main character of the music, and solving problems when these turn up. Mainly 'western' learning is related to preferences for reading the printed score to get an overview of musical structure and character, and solving technical problems before starting to play continuously. From a long-term perspective, awareness of individually diverging preferences helps participants develop their own strategies, recognize pupils' strategies and preferences, and adapt their teaching to these. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
2. Exploring the outcomes of rock and popular music instruction in high school guitar class: A case study.
Author Seifried, Scott1
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact of rock and popular teenage music on public school music education programs. 'Frankstown Secondary School' is a large suburban public school offering a guitar program that includes a strong popular music component. Subjects in this study were selected from students enrolled in Frankstown's guitar program. They participated in two rounds of in-depth interviews, which were recorded, transcribed and analyzed. The guitar program at Frankstown emerged as a powerful educational tool. Students who deliberately 'chose the margin' or adopted 'oppositional frames' found a program that explicitly embraced the margin. Guitar class was a place where the students seemed comfortable; a place where they were able to 'act out' their oppositional persona within the larger Frankstown culture - a place that accepted them as they were and was a product of their own negotiations with the instructor and one another. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
3. The attraction of the guitar as an instrument of motivation, preference, and choice for use with clients in music therapy: A review of the literature.
Author Krout, Robert E. The Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol 34(1), 2007, pp. 36-52
The guitar has been referred to as both one of the principal instruments in music therapy and an instrument of motivation, preference, and choice, partly because clients may express preference for the guitar or seem attracted to or motivated by it. In this article, an examination of the literature is made to determine how the guitar has been reportedly used in clinical music therapy settings. English-language sources were searched both electronically and by hand, and were only included if the criteria of client preference for, attraction to, choice of, or motivation towards guitar was discussed. The search yielded a total of 64 sources representing a 40-year period (1966-2005). The total number of sources for each of the age categories included: children, 19; adolescents, 18; adults, 23; and seniors, 4. Within each age range, sources are reviewed by special need areas, with the areas ordered alphabetically. Finally, sources within these need areas are reviewed in chronological order of publication. A conclusion section summarizes the findings in three broad areas. These include the increased use of guitar as reported across the 40-year period, the shift in the percentage of age ranges with whom music therapists are using guitar by decade of review, and the relationship between client populations and need-related focuses across the four age ranges. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)
4. Musical Instrument Choice and Playing History in Post-Secondary Level Music Students: Some Descriptive Data, Some Causes and Some Background Factors
Author Chen, Simy Meng-Yu; Howard, Robert W.
Source Music Education Research; v6 n2 p217-230 Jul 2004
Why do musicians specialize in the specific instruments that they do? Research has shown effects of such factors as the perceived masculinity/femininity of instruments and musician's personality but there are little background data on other factors. The present study had two major aims. The first aim was to gather some useful background data on musician's history of playing, looking at such things as number of instruments played and given up, number of main instruments, age of starting studying, and so on. The second was to examine some additional background factors and specific motives for choice, such as instrument availability and perceived need for players, in students studying music at post-secondary level. A total of 157 music students completed a questionnaire that asked about their musical history and about various background factors. The results show complex musical histories, and many varied and multiple motives for specialization. Percentage of participants citing each instrument as a main instrument; most (about 82%) cited only one current main instrument Instrument Total Males Females n = 157. Piano 40.8 39.7 41.7 Voice 28.7 23.3 33.3 Guitar 19.7 34.2 7.1 Flute 8.3 2.7 13.1 Violin 5.1 4.1 6.0 Saxophone 5.7 8.2 3.6 Clarinet 4.5 4.1 4.8 Bass 3.2 6.8 0 Drums 3.2 6.8 0 Percussion 1.3 1.4 1.2 Trumpet 1.3 1.4 1.2 Viola 1.3 1.4 1.2 Trombone 1.3 2.7 0 Cello 1.3 2.7 0 Recorder 0.6 1.4 0
Fil dr & gitarrpedagog Anna-Lena Rostvall
Lektor i pedagogik, forskare
e-mail anna-lena.rostvall@lhs.se