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A Study Of Methods Of Teaching Piano Technique In Arkansas Member Colleges Of The National Association Of Schools Of Music, Laquinta Barnett

OBU Graduate Theses

Within the last two centuries several schools of thought have developed on the subject of piano technique. At the end of the eighteenth century piano teachers stressed finger technique with little use of the arm. During the nineteenth century pianists began to use the weight of the arm more in the production of piano tone. In the early 1900s a controversy developed between the advocates of freedom of arms and hands and the more conventional muscular approach.

The purpose of this study was to investigate current methods of teaching piano technique in N. A. S. M. college in Arkansas. Twenty …

An Experiment In Discovery Learning, Juanita Nicholson

Honors Theses

In recent years new attitudes toward how people learn have been greatly expanded and developed. These new thoughts have been utilized in the area of music education as well as other areas of education. New methods of piano instruction are but one facet of the change in music education, and this is the area which I have undertaken to explore.