Undergraduate Research in Music: A Guide for Students

Contents

• Preface vii
• Foreword xi
• Acknowledgments xii
• 1 Overview 1
• 2 Literature Reviews 7
• 3 Choosing Topics and Formulating Appropriate Research
• Questions 19
• 4 Working with Human Subjects 29
• 5 Collecting Data 36
• 6 Analyzing and Synthesizing Data 53
• 7 Citing Sources 61
• 8 Dissemination of Results 65
• 9 Music Performance and Related Topics 81
• 10 Is Music Composition Original Research? 90
• 11 Interdisciplinary Projects 99
• 12 The Discovery of Knowledge in Music History 108
• 13 Music Theory 116
• 14 Music Education 123
• 15 Music Technology 133
• 16 Music Therapy 143
• 17 Ethnomusicology, Culture, and Popular Music 152
• 18 Philosophy and Psychology of Music 161
• 19 Online Resources 169
• Index 181