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Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa
Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2025
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/107758 Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa Rhoodie, H.S. ane.vanstaden@up.ac.za Van Staden, Ané UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) String quartet Violin tuition Skill development Collaborative learning Tertiary education Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2025 This study investigates the potential benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa. The research addresses a gap in the literature concerning the integration of string quartet teaching within undergraduate violin instruction and explores how such engagement can support the development of technical and interpretative skills in solo violin playing. Adopting a qualitative action research design grounded in interpretative constructivism, the study involved violinists who participated in weekly individual and string quartet lessons over one academic semester. Data were collected through field notes, video recordings, and semi-structured interviews, and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The findings reveal that string quartet tuition contributed meaningfully to the participants’ bow control, intonation, left-hand coordination, expressive fluency, ensemble communication, and emotional regulation. The quartet setting promoted shared responsibility, interpretative awareness, and responsive musicianship, resulting in increased performance confidence. The study highlights the value of integrating structured string quartet tuition into tertiary violin education, not as a supplementary activity, but as a central component of musical training. Despite the limited sample size, the findings offer a meaningful perspective on how string quartet participation can enrich violin instruction in the South African context. By combining individual lessons with collaborative ensemble work, the string quartet emerged as an effective teaching environment that supported both technical development and artistic identity. In environments marked by diverse student needs and limited resources, quartet tuition presents a cost-effective model capable of advancing musical skills, fostering student agency, and enhancing psychological performance resilience. Music DMus in Performing Art Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduces inequalities 2026-02-02T07:18:52Z 2026-02-02T07:18:52Z 2026-04 2025-09 Thesis * A2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107758 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.31223680 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) String quartet Violin tuition Skill development Collaborative learning Tertiary education Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa |
| title | Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa |
| title_full | Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa |
| title_short | Exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary-level violin students in South Africa |
| title_sort | exploring the benefits of string quartet tuition for tertiary level violin students in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) String quartet Violin tuition Skill development Collaborative learning Tertiary education |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107758 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.31223680 |