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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
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Nápoles, Jessica; Silvey, Brian A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine participants' (college band and choral musicians, N = 143) perceptions of conductor clarity and expressivity after viewing band and choral directors conducting with or without a baton. One band and one choral conductor each prepared and conducted two excerpts of Guy Forbes's "O Nata Lux", a piece…
Descriptors: Music Education, Singing, Musical Instruments, Attitude Measures
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Silvey, Brian A.; Koerner, Bryan D. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2016
We investigated the effects of expressive and unexpressive conducting on secondary school band members' and experts' audio evaluations of band performance expressivity. A conductor, who demonstrated either expressive or unexpressive conducting techniques, led both an eighth-grade and a high school band in four separate "run-throughs" of…
Descriptors: Music, Singing, Music Education, Musicians