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Psychology, Experimental Education, Music Education, Educational Psychology Peters, G. David Jones, Alfred Russell, III 2011-05-07T12:09:37Z 2011-05-07T12:09:37Z 10000-01-01 1990 This study investigated the relationship of aural/kinaesthetic (A/K) ability, the ability to play by ear, to the time and number of repetitions needed for 16 subjects using four methods of prestudy to memorize and rememorize four compositions. Two of the methods involved studying the score before beginning practice at the piano. The other two methods were control methods, in which subjects began practicing immediately. The subjects were tested for A/K ability using a combination of a harmonization test and impromptu renditions of well-known songs. Each subject then learned all four of the compositions, using a different prestudy method for each composition. The subjects relearned the compositions after a hiatus of three to four weeks. Data analysis showed that (a) prestudy of compositions before memorization had no effect on either memorization or rememorization, and (b) subjects with high A/K ability required significantly fewer repetitions to relearn the compositions. The dissertation includes a description of subjects' behavior while memorizing piano music. The compositions used were analyzed for problems related to memorization. Typical problems in piano music memorization are described. A classification system for grading piano music as to difficulty of memorization is proposed. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:09:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9026216.pdf: 4774105 bytes, checksum: 043199d751800c3cc976996d38384177 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1990 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:37:28Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:15:24-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9026216 (UMI)AAI9026216 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19505 eng Copyright 1990 Jones, Alfred Russell, III The role of analytical prestudy in the memorization and retention of piano music with subjects of varied aural/kinaesthetic ability text Education Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.