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Instrumental Music Education In Rural North Carolina: A Descriptive Study, Melody Causby, Catheryn Shaw Foster

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The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary instrumental music education in rural North Carolina. This descriptive study investigated the experiences, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions that rural instrumental music educators (n = 55) held about their schools, students, and communities. Furthermore, the researchers examined how participants defined success for their programs, what challenges and rewards they experienced in their positions, and what skills they considered most important for themselves as teachers.

Results indicate that although rural music educators find the musical aspects of their positions rewarding, they believe that their nonmusical skills related to teaching, such as developing …

The Musical Ear: Oral Tradition In The Usa, Chris Goertzen

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When I Get My New House Done, Western North Carolina Fiddle Tunes And Songs Sfc Cd-100 (M Martin), Chris Goertzen

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An Exploratory Study Of Adult Amateur Musicians' Identification Of Instrumental Timbre, Amanda L. Schlegel, Jeremy S. Lane

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In this exploratory study, members of an adult community band (N = 38) completed a listening task in which they attempted to identify instruments performing single-tone excerpts and determine the level of expertise of the performer (professional or beginner). We created two different conditions (tones that included initial attack and tones with sustain only and no initial attack) among tones produced by four different instruments (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet) on two different pitches (F4 and B-flat4). Results of data analysis indicated that participants were more successful identifying tones that included the initial attack (as opposed to tones consisting of …

Driving The Bow: Fiddle And Dance Studies From Around The North Atlantic, 2nd Edition, Chris J. Goertzen

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Encyclopedia Of Folk Medicine: Old World And New World Traditions, Chris J. Goertzen

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Carville: Remembering Leprosy In America, Chris J. Goertzen

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Music And The Making Of The New South, Chris J. Goertzen

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Heartbeat Of The People': Music And Dance Of The Northern Pow-Wow, Chris J. Goertzen

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Writing American Indian Music: Historic Transcriptions, Notations, And Arrangements, Chris J. Goertzen

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Casa Mañana: The Morrow Collection Of Mexican Popular Arts, Chris J. Goertzen

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If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The African American Song Tradition, Chris J. Goertzen

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Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes, Chris J. Goertzen

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Powwows And Identity On The Piedmont And Coastal Plains Of North Carolina, Chris J. Goertzen

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