Successful AP Music Theory Instruction: A Case Study

Buonviri, Nathan O.

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“…In the new cultural activities, music is the most important activity of the new school. Subsequently, important Western musical instruments and musical theory knowledge (such as European pianos) gradually influenced the school music of the entire Chinese society [1]. is not only promotes the development of modern Chinese democratic music culture, but also is an important beginning for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in modern times.…”

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The Timbre Relationship between Piano Performance Skills and Piano Combined with Opera Music Elements in the Context of the Internet of Things

Deng

2022

Security and Communication Networks

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The “quintessence of the nation” Peking Opera is a highly comprehensive form of opera, which has a high artistic status in traditional Chinese culture. At present, the combination of the Internet of things and music can be embodied in smart devices, through a computing device that can perceive and exchange data for the purpose of music. In the more than 100 years of development of the piano art in China, many composers have used Peking Opera singing and board styles, or absorbed the essence and connotation of Peking Opera, taking Peking Opera elements as the core material and source of creation and presenting them instrumentally through piano works. For example, in terms of smart musical instruments, the Internet of things and Internet technology are combined to realize the real-time connection between the remote piano and the piano and accurately reproduce all the touch and pedal movements of the player, so that teachers and students in different spaces can listen to the course. Audiences had an immersive course experience. Taking this as an opportunity, we will carry out a series of “remote art education” such as remote master classes and remote concerts, to realize the sharing of educational resources around the world. The piano as the king of musical instruments has been loved by people. During piano performance, touch key techniques and pedaling techniques have a very important influence on the piano’s performance sound effects. Chinese opera is the essence of Chinese national art and one of the treasures of China’s traditional national music. The composers of our country also constantly apply the opera elements to the piano creation and create many kinds of piano works that conform to the traditional Chinese opera style and reflect the characteristics of the piano. Pedal skills are also an important technique in piano performance. The pedaling method is based on thinking about history and showing the player’s intentions. Only using the correct playing skills can make the music more expressive. This study briefly introduces the development of piano in China and the playing skills of the piano, and at the same time, it briefly describes the principle of piano sounding and the sound of piano. Based on the previous studies, the effects of touch key techniques and pedaling techniques on the sound of the piano are discussed. I hope to provide some references for the piano performers. The average similarity between the final music and the original music is 60% and around 70%. This article provides a reference direction for the diversified dissemination and promotion of theatrical art and provides theoretical and technical reference suggestions for the future creation, performance, and teaching of Chinese piano music.

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The Timbre Relationship between Piano Performance Skills and Piano Combined with Opera Music Elements in the Context of the Internet of Things

Deng

2022

Security and Communication Networks

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“…Although we cannot infer any causal relationship from this study, using musical knowledge appears to be an effective strategy and seems required to build strong automatic skills. Therefore, aural skills instructors should foster musical knowledge, like reading abilities, as suggested by Fournier (2020) , and reinforce the relationship between sounds and symbols ( Buonviri, 2017 ). Helping students develop automatic skills is probably also worth recommending but requires allocating time for multiple repetitions of similar exercises and patterns.…”

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Building a mental toolbox: Relationships between strategy choice and sight-singing performance in higher education

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Psychology of Music

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Sight-singing is an inescapable component of music training in higher education and is often challenging for students. However, some strategies could help students perform. Yet, the extent to which students can use strategies to improve their sight-singing performance remains unclear. This article asks two questions to fill this gap: (1) Which strategies do students use when sight-singing? (2) Does the application of some types of strategy predict performance? We recruited 56 postsecondary music students and asked them about their musical backgrounds. They then sight-sang a short melody while we recorded their eye movements. After that, we conducted semi-structured retrospective interviews, using eye-movement videos and attention distribution heatmaps to help participants remember the strategies they used. We analyzed the interview transcripts to identify the strategies students used and regrouped them into categories. We extracted seven categories and discovered that using body movements predicted rhythm scores, that using musical knowledge predicted pitch and combined scores, and that relying on automatic skills predicted all dimensions of sight-singing performance. We recommend that aural skills instructors teach strategies explicitly and help students develop robust musical knowledge, as they are required to build strong automatic skills.

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“…In the 2017–2018 school year, Advanced Placement Music Theory (APMT) was taught in 3,240 high schools (College Board, 2018) in the United States, and enrollments appear to be growing, but relatively little information about pedagogical trends in music theory classes has been published. A recent nationwide survey reported that 26% of the APMT teachers did not use digital technologies for aural skills teaching (Buonviri & Paney, 2015), but some teachers still may have a very high success rate as evidenced by their students’ collective scores on the Advanced Placement (AP) exam (Buonviri, 2018). Further investigation of these findings could provide useful information to APMT teachers in an age when technological applications increasingly influence students’ learning environments.…”

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Technology use in high school aural skills instruction

Buonviri

Paney

2020

International Journal of Music Education

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In this study, we investigated the use of digital technology for aural skills instruction in Advanced Placement Music Theory (APMT) classes in the United States. Our research questions focused on which technologies teachers use for aural skills, how they incorporate them, and what influences their decisions to use them. We created, piloted, and distributed a survey electronically to a stratified sample by state of 866 instructors. Participants who completed the survey ( N = 317, response rate = 36%) were current APMT teachers representing 48 states. Of the 91% of respondents who used digital technologies for teaching aural skills, 93% used websites, 47% used software programs, and 38% used mobile apps. Participants incorporated technology for student practice outside class (93%) and during class (78%), and to present new material during class (55%). Of those who did not use technologies ( n = 29), 41% cited lack of funds and 34% cited lack of class time. Participants noted that technology can provide extra practice for students and customization for their needs, but that students’ lack of access and limitations of the programs may temper these benefits. Implications for pedagogical practice and music teacher training are discussed.

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Successful AP Music Theory Instruction: A Case Study

Cited by 4 publications

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The Timbre Relationship between Piano Performance Skills and Piano Combined with Opera Music Elements in the Context of the Internet of Things

The Timbre Relationship between Piano Performance Skills and Piano Combined with Opera Music Elements in the Context of the Internet of Things

Building a mental toolbox: Relationships between strategy choice and sight-singing performance in higher education

Technology use in high school aural skills instruction

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