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This thesis serves as an analysis of Toru Takemitsu's "Equinox." This piece is one of a group of compositions for solo classical guitar that was written by a composer who was well established outside the world of classical guitar during...
There is still debate regarding the origins and implementation of treble guitar notation: pedagogical treatises indicate that such notation was normative already by the early nineteenth century. Guitarists' development throughout the...
This treatise serves as both a brief amalgamation of historical continuo methodology as well as a working continuo method for the advanced guitar student. The first portion of the treatise informs the reader of figured bass practice with...
Guitar works were written by significant Canadian composers for the Toronto International Guitar Festival during its existence in the 1970s to the late 1980s. These works have not yet been included in academic study and are generally...
This treatise presents a study of the two solo guitar works of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Impromptus and Sonata. This study is divided into four chapters: the first chapter is an introduction, presenting a brief survey of previous...
ABSTRACT This treatise is intended to examine some of Joaquin Rodrigo's most well-known compositions for guitar from the perspective of the classical guitarist performer and pedagogue with flamenco guitar experience. This is a rare case...
The written record of music (the score) has an extremely important role in the development of music in its various forms of action in society, with the editor being the professional responsible for preparing the musical text to be...
This treatise is a study of homage in the solo guitar music of Roland Dyens. Chapter One provides a brief history of musical borrowing and homage. Terms like dedication, arrangement, allusion, and homage are distinguished from one...
This study is a performer's guide to Michael Tippett's The Blue Guitar. Included is a detailed analysis of Tippett's work, treatment of form, structure, style, language and historical significance. The study will also trace and explore...
This treatise represents a study of Justin Holland, one of the most prolific American Guitarists of the nineteenth century. This document is divided into three parts: The first part discusses the popularity of the guitar in the...
This treatise will briefly explore the reasons a composer would accredit their own works to a different name other than theirs; whether the name is of another living or deceased composer, or a name that is fabricated altogether. This...
Professional musicians have become increasingly independent of record companies and other investors that would seek to make a financial gain from the artist’s success. With the availability of relatively inexpensive professional...
An Exploration of Late Twentieth Century American Flute and Guitar Works with Emphasis on Robert Beaser’s Mountain Songs and Lowell Liebermann’s Sonata for Flute and Guitar
A number of important flute and guitar compositions were written by American composers during the late twentieth century. These works have yet to be explored in any academic study. This treatise, in conjunction with two lecture recitals, ...
Three transcriptions of Baroque keyboard music for guitar: the sixth French Suite BWV 817 by J.S. Bach, the Suite in D minor by G.F. Handel, the Gavote et doubles by J.P. Rameau
Centered in nineteenth-century Vienna, the Biedermeier era was characterized by intense political upheaval contrasted by free-spirited social and cultural innovation and style. This treatise focuses on Franz Schubert's chamber music with...
The guitar-piano chamber music duo presents unique opportunities for performers and composers. Both instruments are perfectly capable of playing melodies, harmonies and contrapuntal music with a variety of timbres and articulation. The...
The goal of this treatise is to provide an in-depth examination of the selected arrangements of Francisco Tárrega. The intent is to provide classical guitar students information on the music of Tárrega that can be used for research and...
The recordings by the guitarist and composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré are invaluable sources for understanding his music. They provide important information about how Barrios performed his own music as well as music by other composers....
Some of the most innovative and exceptional music of the Seicento is found in the theorbo works of the Italian adventurer, poet, artist, musician, and composer Bellerofonte Castaldi. However, because his music is written for the theorbo, ...
Luigi Legnani's 36 Caprices are thought to be among the most demanding works in all of classical guitar literature. This is due in large part to the extraordinary number of virtuosic scale passages found throughout these pieces. Yet...
This treatise examines the role of the prodigy violinist Niccolo Paganini as a chamber music composer, focusing on his works for strings and guitar. The significance of Paganini's quartets for violin, viola, cello, and guitar in music...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco's meeting with the great Spanish guitarist, the late Andres Segovia, began a collaboration between composer and performer that lasted over thirty years. This friendship resulted in not only a wealth of solo guitar...
The purpose of this treatise is to present a survey of the solo guitar works written for Julian Bream and to illuminate their historical significance and lasting importance to the guitar repertoire. For each piece, this treatise provides...
Hans Haug was a prominent Swiss composer and conductor who utilized the guitar in his compositions over a thirty-seven-year period. A full-time conductor and teacher who resided principally in French Switzerland, he composed well over...
The Western art music ("classical") guitar tradition flourished in Europe during the mid nineteenth century. Guitarists like Andrés Segovia contributed to a revived interest in the tradition in the early twentieth century and stimulated...
This treatise serves two primary goals. The first is to showcase three of Sérgio Assad’s Portraits for solo guitar, Eli’s Portrait, Sandy’s Portrait, and David’s Portrait. Each chapter on these works will provide biographical information...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of music assisted systematic desensitization (MASD) on guitar competency, observed anxiety, and self-perception of anxiety during guitar performance with music therapy and...
THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIAL FEEDBACK ON BEGINNING GUITAR STUDENTS' INTONATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN TUNING STRINGS (COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI))
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This study examined the effect of differential feedback on intonational accuracy. Additionally, the study sought to identify patterns in direction of subject deviation from normative pitch, and to determine the effects on intonation of... Sixty-six college non-music majors enrolled in multiple sections of a beginning guitar course served as subjects. Class sections were paired at the beginning of the course on the basis of enrollment and student performance on a pretest... Study results revealed no significant differences from pre to posttest in overall intonation accuracy between the two groups as a result of training; however, comparison of tuning accuracy for only the treatment trials indicated...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of silence, story reading, acapella singing, and guitar playing on inducing sleep in preschool-aged children within the first 15 minutes of naptime. Thirty-five two- and four-year...
In this research I explore the use of electric plucked chordophones in South Indian classical (Carnatic) music through a case study of the renowned Carnatic electric guitarist Prasanna Ramaswamy. Electric instruments are commonly...
The neoclassical movement in France influenced Spanish composers whose classical musical culture had been exhausted and overplayed. The Spanish composers of the early Twentieth Century were looking for new and fresh ideas to include in...
In recording studios, the placement of microphones to record an acoustic guitar is very much subjected to trial and error and audio engineer preference. In order to make more informed microphone placement decisions, Near-field Acoustic...
Early Seventeenth-Century Harmonic Practice: A Corpus Study of Tonality, Modality, and Harmonic Function in Italian Secular Song with Baroque Guitar Accompaniment in Alfabeto Tablature
This dissertation investigates harmonic propeties of Italian secular songs with Baroque guitar accompaniment in alfabeto tablature, which was a system of letters and other symbols that represented a chord shape to be strummed using all...
30 Years of New Music: An Annotated Bibliography of the Commissioned "Set Pieces" for the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition
This document is an annotated bibliography of commissioned "set pieces" by the Guitar Foundation of America organization for its International Concert Artist Competition. The primary goal of this document will be to act as a resource for...
Guide to the Interpretation of John Dowland's "Queen Elizabeth's Galliard P.41," "Lachrimae Pavan P.15," "Farewell Fantasy P.3," and "Forlorn Hope Fancy P.2" Transcribed for Guitar
This treatise shows an array of interpretive possibilities for classical guitarists interested in performing the solo lute works of the renaissance lutenist and composer John Dowland. The treatise emphasizes three points: first, the...
Five Case Studies: 1. CT Scanning with Hearing Impaired Children 2. Music Therapy for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Stroke Patients 3. Music Therapy for Non-Patients in a Hospital Setting 4. Review of Pain Assessment Forms and Their Applicability to Music Therapy 5. Guitar Instruction with a Practicum College Student
In children, as in adults, computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans are an invaluable imaging modality that produces a series of images that can detect many conditions. Like any tool, however, inappropriate use has unique implications for...
The Art of Transcription: Original Transcriptions of Erik Satie's Five Nocturnes for Two Guitars Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, Op. 40 for Four Guitars
The purpose of this treatise is twofold. The first is to expand the repertoire of the guitar duo and guitar quartet by creating two new transcriptions. The work Five Nocturnes for solo piano by the early twentieth-century composer Erik...
Say It In 6: "Learn how to change a culture." Dr. Benjamin Lougheed, a classical guitarist, completed a PhD in String Performance Spring 2019. Benjamin chose FSU for his graduate degree because it has one of the best guitar programs and...
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