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Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students
Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/65555 Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students Panebianco-Warrens, Clorinda Rosanna sonnieg67@gmail.com Grobbelaar, Sondra-Marié UCTD Exploring memorisation Sight-reading Undergraduate piano students Skills Music Learning and performing Music theses SDG-03 SDG-03: Good health and well-being Music theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Music theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2017. For musicians, the ability to sight-read and memorise are skills required for ease of learning and performing. The competitive nature of the classical performing world requires of solo performers, especially pianists, to play flawlessly from memory and to be able to sight-read any genre of sheet music. By their own admission, many pianists claim that they are able to memorise well but are unable to sight-read, while others sight-read very well but are unable to memorise. The aim of the study is to explore these phenomena in pianists. Numerous studies have been conducted on the sight-reading and memorisation abilities of pianists respectively, while only two investigated the relationship between these skills. In this dissertation, I address the gap in the literature by qualitatively exploring the possibility of a relationship between the two. This study utilised a constructive grounded theory approach through semi-structured interviews with undergraduate music students, focusing on their self-reported abilities and beliefs regarding the two skills. The main categories that were identified in the data were: participants’ self-appraisal of their abilities, reflexive engagement with memorisation and sight-reading, and formative influences. The results of my study suggest that music students are better able to memorise music than they are to sight-read music. Prominent factors mentioned by the participants that influence their sight-reading and memorisation abilities included stress, formative experiences, genre of music and the influence of teachers and lecturers. An interesting and unexpected finding of this study was the lack of suitable tuition in sight-reading and memorisation skills. In conclusion, this dissertation provides a platform for further research into the relationship between memorisation and sight-reading skills in pianists, but also provides insight into the respective phenomena in the context of undergraduate music students. The resulting theory from the data is that individuals who have well-developed skills in sight-reading are less likely to struggle with memorisation tasks, while those who have well-developed memorisation abilities struggle with sight-reading tasks. ae2025 Music MMus Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2018-07-16T07:53:41Z 2018-07-16T07:53:41Z 2018/04/23 2017 Dissertation Grobbelaar, S 2017, Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students, MMus Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65555> A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65555 en © 2018 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 Exploring memorisation Sight-reading Undergraduate piano students Skills Music Learning and performing Music theses SDG-03 SDG-03: Good health and well-being Music theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Music theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students |
| title | Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students |
| title_full | Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students |
| title_fullStr | Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students |
| title_short | Exploring memorisation and sight-reading and their inter-relationship in undergraduate piano students |
| title_sort | exploring memorisation and sight reading and their inter relationship in undergraduate piano students |
| topic | UCTD Exploring memorisation Sight-reading Undergraduate piano students Skills Music Learning and performing Music theses SDG-03 SDG-03: Good health and well-being Music theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Music theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65555 |