The effects of physiology-based breath-management instruction on performance achievement of sixth-grade clarinetists

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Jane Leona VanMiddlesworth (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Advisor
James W. Sherbon

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of two methods of breath-management instruction on selected performance variables of sixth-grade clarinetists. Performance variables included tone quality, pitch stability of middle and clarion tones, pitch accuracy of middle and clarion tones, tonal duration of chalumeau, middle, and clarion tones; and soft and loud dynamic control of middle and clarion tones. Three groups of intact classes of sixth-grade clarinetists were assigned to one of three breath-management groups: physiology-based (PBM); traditional (TBM); and comparison, no breath management (CBM). Over a seven-week period, the treatment for each group consisted of 13 researcher-taught sessions of 20 minutes each, totaling 260 minutes of instruction. Twelve pretest and posttest measurements of clarinet performance, listed above, were obtained and the data were analyzed by computing 12 one-way univariate analyses of covariance on posttest scores (dependent variables) with corresponding pretest scores serving as covariates.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1996
Subjects
Clarinet $x Instruction and study
Clarinet $v Methods

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