Pitch learning and the implications for music education

Pitch learning and the implications for music education

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A study of pitch learning must outline first the procedures involved in such learning and then identify specific factors appearing to influence the learning of pitch. Once identified, each factor can then be evaluated by controlled experiment before confirming its influence. Since it is what is hear...

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Main Author: Byrd, Audrey S
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 1977
Subjects:
Musical pitch > Instruction and study
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001867
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-rhodes-vital-26272017-07-20T04:13:09ZPitch learning and the implications for music educationByrd, Audrey SMusical pitch -- Instruction and studyA study of pitch learning must outline first the procedures involved in such learning and then identify specific factors appearing to influence the learning of pitch. Once identified, each factor can then be evaluated by controlled experiment before confirming its influence. Since it is what is heard and perceived that is learnt, I have started with the process of Hearing and Perceiving, for as Arnold Abramovitz, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Cape Town says, “the reception, processing and interpretation of acoustic symbols constitutes some of the most elusive and complex phenomena to attempt to examine, gauge and measure, due partly to the transient, ephemeral nature of sound itself.”Rhodes UniversityFaculty of Humanities, Music1977ThesisDoctoralPhD345 leavespdfvital:2627http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001867EnglishByrd, Audrey S
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Pitch learning and the implications for music education
description A study of pitch learning must outline first the procedures involved in such learning and then identify specific factors appearing to influence the learning of pitch. Once identified, each factor can then be evaluated by controlled experiment before confirming its influence. Since it is what is heard and perceived that is learnt, I have started with the process of Hearing and Perceiving, for as Arnold Abramovitz, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Cape Town says, “the reception, processing and interpretation of acoustic symbols constitutes some of the most elusive and complex phenomena to attempt to examine, gauge and measure, due partly to the transient, ephemeral nature of sound itself.”
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