Individual Sight-Singing Achievement in Successful Choral Ensembles

Henry, Michele L.; Demorest, Steven M.

doi:10.1177/875512339401300102

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“…This specific finding agrees with a number of studies, in which choristers with instrumental experience were found to be significantly more successful on sight-singing tests than choristers without instrumental experience (Casarow, 2002;Daniels, 1986;Demorest & May, 1995;Henry & Demorest, 1994;Killian & Henry, 2005). A possibly more intriguing result of this study, however, and different from the findings in the other studies, was that when the kinesthetic hand sign requirement was eliminated, both groups (with and without instrumental backgrounds) performed similarly; there was no statistical difference between them.…”

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Sight-Singing Scores of High School Choristers with Extensive Training in Movable Solfège Syllables and Curwen Hand Signs

McClung

2008

Journal of Research in Music Education

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Randomly chosen high school choristers with extensive training in solfège syllables and Curwen hand signs (N = 38) are asked to sight-sing two melodies, one while using Curwen hand signs and the other without. Out of a perfect score of 16, the mean score with hand signs was 10.37 (SD = 4.23), and without hand signs, 10.84 (SD = 3.96). A repeated-measures ANOVA revealed no statistically significant difference, F(1, 37) = .573, p = .454. These findings support the results of five earlier studies; however, because earlier studies were limited to students who were minimally trained in movable solfège syllables and Curwen hand signs, this study expands the knowledge base. Relationships between performance scores and instrumental experience, class grade, sight-singing experience, and hand sign experience were also examined. A pedagogical strategy for linking Curwen hand signs with students' preferred modes of learning (especially the kinesthetic mode) is recommended.

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Sight-Singing Scores of High School Choristers with Extensive Training in Movable Solfège Syllables and Curwen Hand Signs

McClung

2008

Journal of Research in Music Education

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“…In a more recent study (Nolker, 2001), sightsinging achievement of individual students (N= 220) was evaluated in two testing contexts-isolated and within an ensemble. Like participants in previous studies (Demorest & May, 1995;Henry & Demorest, 1994), subjects performed better on sight-singing tasks when these tasks were undertaken in an ensemble.…”

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“…Topics of exploration include factors related to sight-singing ability (Daniels, 1986;Demorest & May, 1995;Henry & Demorest, 1994,), context of instruction-harmonic and melodic (Boyle & Lucas, 1990;Lucas, 1994), materials/methods (Daniels, 1988;Dwiggins, 1984), and assessment (Demorest, 1998).…”

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A Nationwide Overview of Sight-Singing Requirements of Large-Group Choral Festivals

Norris

2004

Journal of Research in Music Education

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The purpose of this study was to examine sight-singing requirements at junior and senior high school large-group ratings-based choral festivals throughout the United States. Responses to the following questions were sought from each state: (1) Are there ratings-based large-group choral festivals? (2) Is sight-singing a requirement? (3) Are there specific levels or classes of difficulty ? (4) Is musical content specified for each level or class ? (5) Is there an overall rating that includes both the performance and sight-singing ratings? Data revealed that less than half of all states require sight-singing at large-group festivals at both the junior high and high school levels. Fewer states delineate levels of difficulty, outline musical content to be assessed, and use the sight-singing rating in an overall final rating. Frequency of “yes” responses to all questions was consistently lower at the junior high level. The author suggested further analysis of the most evolved state sight-singing assessment systems to develop a more uniform, sequential system of content, materials, and assessment.

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“…Results showed no significant difference in achievement between the two groups. The answers from the questionnaires found that students with previous piano instruction achieved better sightsinging results (Henry and Demorest, 1994). In a descriptive study by May (1993) we match a voice to another voice rather than to an instrument (Choksy, 1988).…”

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“…Solfa syllables are better to use because they solely apply to the study of pitch relationships (p. 133). Henry and Demorest (1994), investigated to determine the factors that contribute to sightsinging achievement in high school choirs. They distributed questionnaires regarding their music background and were given sight-singing exams.…”

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A comparison of the Kodaly method and the traditional method to determine pitch accuracy in grade 6 choral sight-singing

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Individual Sight-Singing Achievement in Successful Choral Ensembles

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Sight-Singing Scores of High School Choristers with Extensive Training in Movable Solfège Syllables and Curwen Hand Signs

Sight-Singing Scores of High School Choristers with Extensive Training in Movable Solfège Syllables and Curwen Hand Signs

A Nationwide Overview of Sight-Singing Requirements of Large-Group Choral Festivals

A comparison of the Kodaly method and the traditional method to determine pitch accuracy in grade 6 choral sight-singing

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