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A Study of Music Students' Tempo Changes of a Soloist's Performance of Mozart's 1st Horn Concerto
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Johnson, Christopher M.; Madsen, Clifford K.; Geringer, John M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2012
The purpose of the present investigation was to investigate music students' tempo changes of a soloist's performance in an excerpt from Mozart's "Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Horn and Orchestra." We then compared the composite rubato pattern to tendencies found in a previous investigation using Mozart's "Concerto No. 2 in E[flat] Major for Horn…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Musicians, Music Activities, Performance Based Assessment
Examination of Relationships between Participation in School Music Programs of Differing Quality and Standardized Test Results
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Johnson, Christopher M.; Memmott, Jenny E. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2006
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between participation in contrasting school music programs and standardized test scores. Relationships between elementary (third- or fourth-grade) students' academic achievement at comparable schools, but with contrasting music programs as to instructional quality, were…
Descriptors: Test Results, Standardized Tests, Music Education, Educational Quality
Effect of Sex and Race Identification on Instrument Assignment by Music Educators
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Johnson, Christopher M.; Stewart, Erin E. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sex and race identification on the assignment of instruments to beginning band students. Participants (N = 201) were music educators solicited by university professors across the United States. Participants completed an online survey about instrument assignments. Half the participants were…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Music Education, Musical Instruments, Racial Identification
Effect of Sex Identification on Instrument Assignment by Band Directors
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Johnson, Christopher M.; Stewart, Erin E. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sex identification on the assignment of instruments to beginning band students. Participants were band directors solicited at music conferences and music education students solicited from major universities across the United States. Participants completed an online survey about instrument…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Teacher Attitudes, Musical Instruments, Music Teachers
Effect of Instruction in Appropriate Rubato Usage on the Onset Timings of Musicians in Performances of Bach.
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Johnson, Christopher M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2000
Examines the effect of instruction in the use of specific rhythmic nuances on the timings of a musical performance. Forty volunteer upper-division and graduate students performed Johann Sebastian Bach's Suite no. 3 for Violoncello solo, Bouree no. 1, using a computer software program. Discusses the results. (CMK)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Graduate Students
Effect of Instruction in Appropriate Rubato Usage on the Onset Timings and Perceived Musicianship of Musical Performances.
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Johnson, Christopher M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1998
Investigates how instruction in specific rhythmic nuances influences the performed timings of a musical performance. Volunteers learned and performed a piece, then were taught rhythmic tendencies identified in the finest performances of the piece. Finds that subjects used significantly more rubato (freedom of tempo) and came closer to model…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstrations (Educational), Graduate Students, Higher Education
The Effect of Positive Models of Inclusion on Band Students' Attitudinal Statements Regarding the Integration of Students with Disabilities.
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Darrow, Alice-Ann; Johnson, Christopher M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1997
Documents the responses of band students to a questionnaire consisting of statements regarding the inclusion of students with disabilities in the school band. Analyzes the responses of students who watched a video depicting the successful inclusion of disabled students and of those who did not view the video. (MJP)
Descriptors: Bands (Music), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping