A Profile of Rehearsal Techniques and Interaction of Selected Band Conductors
Pontious, Melvin Floyd
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Description
Title
A Profile of Rehearsal Techniques and Interaction of Selected Band Conductors
Author(s)
Pontious, Melvin Floyd
Issue Date
1982
Department of Study
Music
Discipline
Music Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Educat.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Music
Abstract
The investigator made a descriptive study of the rehearsals of five high school band directors as an initial step in the development of a profile of the rehearsal behaviors of successful high school band conductors. Rehearsal components examined were the affective nature of the rehearsals, the elements of instrumental performance which concerned the conductors, and the techniques they used to resolve those concerns. Erbes' RIOS instrument was used to determine the affect of the rehearsals, and a time and frequency study of the conductors' verbal interaction was used to ascertain the conductors' concerns and rehearsal techniques.
The data revealed that the conductors were direct, or nonsupportive, in their verbal interaction over 78 percent of the time. They devoted more than 50 percent of the time and references concerning the elements of instrumental performance to phrasing/dynamics and rhythm. Conductor talk occupied 42 percent of the active rehearsal time, with the remaining 58 percent expended on rehearsal trials. More than half of the rehearsal trials included the full ensemble and were concerned with less than a phrase. Verbal explanation was the explicative technique most often used. The conductors all employed a synthesis-analysis-synthesis rehearsal pattern. The investigator recommended additional descriptive studies of wider dimensions as well as correlational studies in order to provide teacher training standards and predictors of conductor success.
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