Infusing Dalcroze Eurhythmics in Improving Singing Skills Among Primary School Students

Anuar, Azu Farhana; Ismail, Md Jais

doi:10.55197/qjssh.v2i1.27

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“…According to Anuar and Ismail (2021), the engagement in singing has been identified as a factor that positively influences an individual's mental wellbeing, as it promotes a sense of purpose and accomplishment. The engagement in public performance or the mastery of a challenging musical piece has the capacity to have a beneficial impact on an individual's psychological state.…”

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What Distinguishes Singing as a Unique Form of Expression?

Peter Ong

2023

MARCOPOLO

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Singing has consistently been regarded as a fundamental aspect of human expression, transcending cultural boundaries and serving as a universally practised pastime. The act of singing is widely recognised for its ability to elicit feelings of happiness and provide a means of emotional expression. However, an increasing body of research suggests that singing also yields other beneficial outcomes in the realms of social interaction, psychological well-being, and physical health. This qualitative study aims to explore the advantages of regular singing through in-depth interviews with a sample of 10 individuals. The activity of vocalising musical sounds, commonly referred to as singing, has been observed to have a positive impact on an individual's psychological state, specifically their mental well-being. This is attributed to the cultivation of a sense of purpose and accomplishment that singing facilitates. The act of performing in front of an audience or effectively mastering a challenging musical piece have the capacity to positively impact an individual's mental well-being. The findings additionally suggested that engaging in singing has the capacity to substantially enhance an individual's overall state of health and level of satisfaction with life, regardless of whether it is performed privately in a personal setting, as a member of a choral ensemble, or as a vocation within the realm of music.

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What Distinguishes Singing as a Unique Form of Expression?

Peter Ong

2023

MARCOPOLO

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“…Besides that, we should encourage these young composers to develop their compositional techniques by drawing inspiration from extra-musical concepts. Teachers who are majoring in composition may teach their students to compose and feel the arts contemporary work through music education class as recommended by previous research (Anuar and Ismail, 2021;Ismail et al 2021). We also need to encourage the composers to approach and explore the extended techniques with their ideas.…”

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Gamelbati: Hybrid Elements in Contemporary Work

SHUIB

Ismail

TAJUDDIN

2022

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This paper is focusing on a work called Gamelbati–Mediasi Ukiran III for gamelan and chamber orchestra by Tazul Tajuddin, one of the Malaysian leading composer and pioneer in Malaysian art-music, combining local Malaysian elements and Western contemporary classical ideals. His work is one of the examples of hybridity in contemporary music in Malaysia. The analysis of the work is concentrating on the introduction, the first and second sections only out of seven sections within the analytical framework of tempo, instrumentation, time signatures, textures, pulses, center (internal drone), ornamental notes and extended techniques on the strings. This works is among the early compositions by the composer combining elements of East and West among 80 works composed by 2022. This work is the winner of the New Millennium Composition Commission Award UK in 2005 awarded by Birmingham Conservatoire. It is composed in 2005-06 and was performed by Birmingham Conservatoire Gamelan Players and Thallein Ensemble, conducted by Edwin Roxburgh at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (formerly known as Birmingham Conservatoire) in the UK.

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“…Eurhythmics is an activity based on muscular sensation. Anuar and Ismail (2021) determined eurhythmics as rhythmic movements. The eurhythmic approach involves teaching of musical concepts through movements which enable someone to feel compelled to move, and thus appreciate the feelings depicted in music such as suspense and fear (Mead, 1986).…”

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An Active Learning Study: Mastering Music Coordination Skills through Kompang and Dalcroze Eurhythmics among Primary Students

Ismail¹,

Chiat²,

Ying³

2023

INT J INSTRUCTION

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Music coordination skill is very important in music education and performance. A problem that has been identified is that children are unable to sing and play traditional percussion (kompang) simultaneously during school music performance. It appears that the necessary skill is barely coached with the current teaching methods used by primary school teachers. This not only affects performance quality but also necessitates more hours of training despite students being talented in singing or playing musical instruments. The purpose of this study is to apply the Dalcroze Eurhythmics approach to improve musical coordination skill among primary school students. Hence, a quasi-experimental design was used to collect data from two groups of 9-year-old students in a Malaysian primary school, 35 in the experiment group and 35 in the control group. The pre-test and post-test data consist of mean value, standard deviation, percentage, and T-test analysis. The instrument used for data collection is a Practical Music Test. The result of the research shows that: (1) there is a significant difference between pretest and post-test scores in the experiment group, (2) there is significant difference in achievement score post-test between the control and experiment group, and (3) there is a significant difference between the achievement scores of the control and experiment groups. The present study has proven music coordination skill has potential to be developed as a part of music education in primary school. The findings also reveal that the Dalcroze Eurhythmics approach is an appropriate intervention.

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Infusing Dalcroze Eurhythmics in Improving Singing Skills Among Primary School Students

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

What Distinguishes Singing as a Unique Form of Expression?

What Distinguishes Singing as a Unique Form of Expression?

Gamelbati: Hybrid Elements in Contemporary Work

An Active Learning Study: Mastering Music Coordination Skills through Kompang and Dalcroze Eurhythmics among Primary Students

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