The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener

Contents

• Contents: Foreword
• Introduction, Jane W. Davidson
• Part 1 The Practitioner and Research: Psychology and the music practitioner, Aaron Williamon and Sam Thompson
• What and why do we need to know about music psychology research to improve music instrument teaching?, Kacper Miklaszewski
• The state of play in performance studies, John Rink
• A case study of a practical research environment: Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Kari Kurkela. Part 2 Theory and Experimentation: Understanding Pitches, Tuning and Rhythms: From acoustics to psychology: pitch strength of sounds, Andrzej Rakowski
• 'Expressive intonation' in string performance: problems of analysis and interpretation, Peter Johnson
• Do compositions reveal information about historical tuning?, Bernhard Billeter
• Enrichment of music theory pedagogy by computer-based repertoire analysis and perceptual-cognitive theory, Richard Parncutt
• The perceptual space between and within musical rhythm categories, George Papadelis and George Papanikolaou. Part 3 Practitioners Investigating their Daily Work: Making a reflexive turn: practical music-making becomes conventional research, Jane W. David
• Singing by heart: memorization strategies for the words and music of songs, Jane Ginsborg
• Formal and non-formal music learning amongst rock musicians, Anna-Karin Gullberg and Sture BrAndstrAm
• Priorities in voice training: carrying power or tone quality, Allan Vurma and Jaan Ross. Part 4 Researching Musician Identity and Perception: Rethinking voice evaluation in singing, AntA(3)nio G. Salgado
• Assessing vocal performance, Daniela Coimbra and Jane W. Davidson
• Starting a music degree at university, Stephanie E. Pitts
• Tracing a musical life transition, Karen Burland and Jane W. Davidson
• Flawed expertise: exploring the need to overcome the discrepancy between instrumental training and orchestral work - the case of string players, Daina Langner. Part 5 Adopting Innovative Research Approaches: A new method for analysing and representing si
• The fears and joys of new forms of investigation into teaching: student evaluation of instrumental teaching, Ingrid Maria Hanken
• A role for action research projects in developing new pedagogical approaches to aural and musicianship education, Nicholas Bannan
• A new approach to pursuing the professional development of recent graduates from German music academies: the alumni project, Heiner Gembris
• What music psychology is telling us about emotions and why it can't yet tell us more: a need for empirical and theoretical innovation, Matthew M. Lavy. Part 6 A Final Note: Musical chills and other delights of music, Jerrold Levinson. Index.