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Appropriate Performance Tempi of Standard Trombone Excerpts as Determined from Recorded Performances of Professional Orchestras and the Potential Application to Trombone Pedagogy

abstract: In preparation for an orchestral audition, one of the first considerations a trombonist will have in the study of an excerpt is the question of tempo. The selection of an appropriate tempo for a musical work is key to a successful performance of that work and can make the difference between winning an audition and losing it.

This project identifies the tempo of the top sixteen tenor trombone excerpts one is likely to perform in an audition by analyzing the tempo in recordings of professional orchestras. The data generated in the measurements of those recordings is analyzed in an effort to determine an appropriate tempo around which a trombonist preparing these excerpts might center their work. The goal of this project is to provide a resource for trombonists and trombone teachers as an aid in their determination of the ideal tempo of these excerpts. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2020

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:62679
Date January 2020
ContributorsO'Neal, Andrew Stephen (Author), Edwards, Bradley (Advisor), Rogers, Rodney (Committee member), Swoboda, Deanna (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format407 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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