Development of Performance Pitch Accuracy of String Students.

Camille M. Smith

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The main purposes of this study were to (a) measure the effects of an aural-oral pitch-matching training program on string students' aural pitch discrimination and (b) examine what effect gains in aural pitch discrimination had on performance pitch accuracy. The training program utilized in this study consisted of a set of audio pitch-matching tapes that were designed specifically for use with the TAP Pitch Master Machine. A total of 96 sixth-grade students participated in the study. Each student was assigned randomly to (a) one of four groups that were released from class for two 20-minute weekly training sessions with the Pitch Master Machine or (b) one of four groups that performed the same exercises in class. The study lasted 16 weeks during the fall semester of the 1990-1991 academic year. The pitch subtest of the Colwell Music Achievement Test was used to measure aural pitch discrimination, and taperecorded samples served as measures of individual performance pitch accuracy. A panel of three public school string teachers served as judges and rated each subject's performance pitch accuracy on a scale that ranged from 5 (poor) to 1 (excellent). The obtained results indicated that (a) the subjects who worked with the Pitch Master Machine made statistically significant gains on both dependent variables and (b) gains in aural pitch discrimination appeared to have a positive effect on performance pitch

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