The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of four feedback conditions on the development of a single competency: leading group singing using guitar accompaniment. Seventy-four university students, enrolled in eight beginning guitar classes, participated in the study. / The feedback conditions were implemented after weekly "checkups," performance examinations during which students led classmates in singing folk songs while accompanying on guitar. The four conditions were: Checklist Only, Videotape Only, Videotape and Checklist, and Contact Control (Standard Instructor Feedback). The performances were evaluated using: a Behavior Checklist, i.e., 15 pinpointed accompanying skills; a Music Score, percent of intervals musically accurate; and a Songleading Score, percent of intervals of correct songleading. A questionnaire assessed students' attitudes toward videotaping and self-perceptions of their guitar accompanying skills. Students rated the course and instructor using a standardized form. / Pretest analyses revealed no significant differences among groups. Posttest analyses indicated that the Checklist Only and the Videotape and Checklist Groups attained significantly higher scores on the Behavior Checklist and on Songleading Scores. No significant differences were evident among groups on the Music Scores. Two follow-up checkups were reported, with similar results, but lower scores overall. / A summary of attitude items from the questionnaire indicated positive student attitudes toward videotape feedback. In evaluating their own accompanying skills, students in the Checklist Only group outscored all other groups and mentioned significantly more checklist behaviors than any other group. The students' ratings of the course and instructor were uniformly favorable, with no significant differences among groups. / Findings indicated that the use of the Behavior Checklist alone was as effective as its use in conjunction with videotape feedback in improving the guitar accompanying skills of the students. Additional investigation should seek to verify those variables which are the most crucial for successful accompanied songleading in applied settings. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-09, Section: A, page: 2793. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75378 |
| Contributors | FURMAN, CHARLES E., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 230 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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