DISCREPANCIES IN COMPREHENSION OF TERMINOLOGY USED IN COMMONLY PERFORMED WIND BAND WORKS
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2021-07-20
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Indiana University
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In 2014, the College Band Directors National Association and J.W. Pepper collaborated to create a performance record of all wind band performances at regional and national CBDNA conferences between the years 2008 and 2014. The data on the list was used to determine which pieces of music and which composers were most frequently performed by college wind bands during the seven-year span. For this study, the investigator extracted all terminology from the top 50 most performed works and determined which terminology college-level wind band students were most likely to encounter during their ensemble experiences. A survey of 86 undergraduate and graduate level music majors and non-majors polled participants on their knowledge and ability to perform the 50 most commonly encountered terms on their instruments. Data collected from the survey was used to determine exactly which terms were the most and least problematic. While the most and least problematic terms varied among the three Subgroups (Undergraduate Non-Majors, Undergraduate Music-Majors, and Graduate Music-Majors), all groups struggled with the unique terminology of Percy Grainger. The fact that Percy Grainger’s music was also the most performed by college-level wind bands at CBDNA conferences is a major concern for present day wind bands and suggests that these discrepancies of comprehension amongst wind band musicians with Percy Grainger’s terminology will likely result in reduced musical cohesiveness during the rehearsal process and performance.
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Thesis (DM) – Indiana University, Music, 2021
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Osarczuk, band, wind band, terminology, band terminology, discrepancies in comprehension, commonly performed wind band works
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