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The effect of repeated composition experience on the tonal structure of fifth-grade students' compositions

Reinhardt, Deborah Ann
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054922982

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1990, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Music Education.
The purpose of this research project was to investigate the effect of repeated composition opportunities on the tonal structure of fifth-grade subjects' compositions. The songs were analyzed for the subjects' use of pitch range, degree of tonality, establishment of tonal patterns, and tonal pattern development. A sample of 37 fifth-grade subjects participated in this study. The subjects were interviewed individually and asked to compose a new song on an electric keyboard once each week, for five consecutive weeks. Subjects were given a maximum of ten minutes to compose and rehearse their song. Subjects played their songs twice, and both performances were tape-recorded by the research. Compositions resulting from the first, third, and fifth interviews were analyzed for components of tonal structure and replicability by the research and three independent judges.Results indicated that there were no significant changes in the tonal structure of fifth-grade children's compositions during repeated opportunities for composition. There were significant differences (p <.05) in the subjects' ability to replicate their compositions between the first and the fifth interview. The effect of repeated opportunities for composition was that the subjects were better able to engage in the creation of a composition.
John Kratus (Advisor)
252 p.
Education, Music
effect repeated composition experience tonal structure fifth-grade students' compositions

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  • Reinhardt, D. A. (1990). The effect of repeated composition experience on the tonal structure of fifth-grade students' compositions [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054922982

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Reinhardt, Deborah. The effect of repeated composition experience on the tonal structure of fifth-grade students' compositions. 1990. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054922982.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Reinhardt, Deborah. "The effect of repeated composition experience on the tonal structure of fifth-grade students' compositions." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054922982

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