AN ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN COLLEGE LEVEL SIGHT SINGING MATERIALS PUBLISHED SINCE 1960

• Other Authors: HUTCHCROFT, JOHN CARTER.
• Format: Others
• Subjects: Music
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/lib/digcoll/etd/3086106

The purpose of this study is to perform a complete analysis of all sight singing materials published between 1960 and 1981 which are suitable for and oriented toward the study of college and university level sight singing in the United States. A comparative analysis of selected parameters is then made from among the twenty-six publications chosen for study, and the results of this comparison reveal both individual and collective characteristics of structure, organization, and content included within these materials which are being used during a period greatly influenced by the comprehensive musicianship concept. An individual and comparative analysis of physical format of the twenty-six texts includes a determination of preface, body, and appended material quantities, the quantity of musical exercise material presented, and a time period for which each text is designed to be completed. An investigation is made regarding the use of musical terms, dynamics, style and tempo indications, and articulation symbols. The point of introduction and the frequency of appearance of treble clef, bass clef, and the five "C" clefs is determined. A representative vocal range is calculated for each clef or combination thereof. The point of introduction of all melodic intervals is determined. A thorough analysis of tonal organization includes the examination of the point of introduction and frequency of appearance of all modulating and non-modulating major and minor keys, modal, artificial, free, and indeterminate methods of tonal organization. A method of classifying all rhythmic activity into one of six classes is developed, after which the point of introduction and frequency of appearance for each rhythmic class is documented. Observations regarding specific points of emphasis in particular individual texts are made, after which an overall determination is made of the characteristic manner in which the abovementioned parameters appear within the twenty-six publications. === Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-06, Section: A, page: 1436. === Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.