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Research to Resource: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Wind Intonation
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Springer, D. Gregory – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2020
Intonation is one of the most challenging performance elements for developing wind instrumentalists. There is a need to provide in-service band directors with evidence-based instructional strategies that can be used when teaching their students to perform with accurate intonation. The purposes of this research-to-resource article are to provide…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Music Techniques, Teaching Methods
Effects of Focus of Attention Instructions on Listeners' Evaluations of Solo Instrumental Performance
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Springer, D. Gregory; Silvey, Brian A. – International Journal of Music Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of focus of attention instructions (i.e. focus on the solo, accompaniment, or collaboration) on listeners' performance evaluations. Participants (N = 159) were inservice band directors who listened to and evaluated the accuracy and expressivity of four excerpts of Haydn's "Concerto for…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Musical Instruments, Student Evaluation
Effects of Tonic Drone Accompaniments on the Intonation of Collegiate Wind Instrumentalists
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Springer, D. Gregory; Silvey, Brian A.; Nápoles, Jessica; Warnet, Victoria – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of tonic drone accompaniments on the intonation of collegiate wind instrumentalists. Participants (N = 68) played an excerpt of the melody "Long, Long Ago" in three conditions: a mono drone (tonic note only), dyad drone (tonic plus fifth), and a control condition (no drone). Results…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, College Students, Student Attitudes
The Role of Accompaniment Quality in Band Directors' Evaluations of Solo Instrumental Performance
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Silvey, Brian A.; Springer, D. Gregory – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2020
The purpose of this replication study was to examine the effects of accompaniment on evaluations of solo instrumental performances. Although previous findings have indicated that instrumental music education majors' evaluations of soloists were not independent of accompaniment, it is unknown whether more experienced evaluators are similarly…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Music Activities, Performance
Effects of Pre-Tuning Vocalization Behaviors on the Tuning Accuracy of College Instrumentalists
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Silvey, Brian A.; Nápoles, Jessica; Springer, D. Gregory – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of two pre-tuning vocalization behaviors (humming and singing) on the tuning accuracy of woodwind and brass instrumentalists. Undergraduate collegiate musicians (N = 72) performed a sustained stimulus pitch (concert B-flat) while engaging in one of the two conditions or the control condition…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Music Education, Musicians, Singing
Linguistic Indicators of Reflective Practice among Music Education Majors
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Springer, D. Gregory; Yinger, Olivia Swedberg – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine linguistic indicators of reflective practice in preservice music teachers' written reflections following peer-teaching experiences. In an instrumental rehearsal techniques course, eight preservice music educators completed four peer-teaching episodes and submitted a written reflection after each episode.…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Music Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes