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The Percussionist's Guide To Music Theory Fundamentals, Mckenna M. Lee
The Percussionist's Guide To Music Theory Fundamentals, Mckenna M. Lee
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
The research priorities that I have established as a theorist, percussionist, and an instructor of both, have led me to a master's thesis project combining music theory practices within the study and performance of percussion repertoire. As the graduate assistant of the percussion department at West Virginia University, I have been teaching applied orchestral percussion lessons and leading percussion ensembles. In my experience, a number of first-year percussionists in the studio at WVU have had a limited background with reading definite pitches on the staff, and struggle with sight-reading and pitch identification, therefore making their Written I and Aural I …