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Jun 11, 2017 · Metaphors can be very effective in both creating visual (concrete) images about abstract things, as well as broadening one’s perception of a particular concept or object. Sometimes a powerful metaphor can be the exact thing that fuels those “aha!” moments we all cherish (teacher and student, alike). Yet, in learning and teaching music ...
Sep 19, 2018 · Metaphors are an important linguistic device that can enable music teachers to explain expressive performance features in a way that makes sense to their students. This study extends the limited literature on the application of metaphors within advanced music instruction, providing new insights into the nature and function of metaphor in the way that music is perceived, performed and taught.
- Jocelyn Wolfe
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In recent research, I found metaphor/imagery statements to be significantly beneficial compared to more traditional pedagogical practices regarding expressive musical performance when I examined three instructional conditions investigating possible effects upon overall expressive musical performance (Author, 2014). The purpose of this research was ...
This study focused on randomly selected seventh-grade participants who were enrolled in two middle school wind band programs (N= 200; n= 60) in the southeastern United States. Before emotional, expression evoking metaphor/imagery statements were created, age-appropriate melodies were selected. To insure that the melodic and rhythmic content was wit...
This researcher found that the metaphor/imagery (MI) instructional condition produced significant change in all three expressive properties. The condition generated significant effects in mean differences between pre-test to post-test sets of scores indicating that the MI instructional condition may be worthy of consideration for effecting change i...
The metaphor/imagery statement, “Play this melody like you are the Disney character ‘Tinkerbell’ or a ballerina dancer flying, skipping, and dancing along in a song,” suggested emotion by stating a figurative statement that was significantly effective in evoking change from the pre-test performances to the post-test expressive performances in the e...
Several important conclusions emerged based on the analyses of the present study’s data. The results of this study seem to reinforce previous researchers’ findings that inexperienced performers can learn expressive skills through a variety of instructional conditions (Chester, 2008; Dickey, 1991; Hewitt, 2001). Findings from this study support asse...
The music educator often shapes expressive performance; one might suggest that the best music educators are those who can think of a least forty different ways to teach a particular musical concept (Demaree & Moses, 1995). Instructors need to develop a large vocabulary of exercises, tools, and terminology to communicate expressive musical concepts ...
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It will explore the dimensions and features of metaphors in this context and how systematic they; how metaphor elucidates 1 aspects of musical sound and what motivates this; and what relevance this has to the studio music teacher. Many studies on the use of metaphor in relation to classical music discourse focus on how it is used to ...
In teaching music students to perform expressively, many instructors use imagery and metaphors to call attention to the emotional qualities of music. This article examines existing theories of ...
Aug 19, 2010 · In teaching music students to perform expressively, many instructors use imagery and metaphors to call attention to the emotional qualities of music. This article examines existing theories of emotion, imagery and metaphor in music performance, and reviews empirical studies of expressive performance that have considered these topics.
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Sep 3, 2023 · Here's some examples that showcase the power of these devices: "Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones / Turn into something beautiful" – Metaphor. "Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars" – Metaphor. "Click, click, boom / I'm coming down on the stereo, hear me on the radio" – Onomatopoeia. "Blackbird singing in the dead of ...
