The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of differential accompaniment and register conditions on string instrumentalists' intonational performance of scalar passages. Additional aspects of the study investigated the effects of directionality of performed scalar passages and differences in intonational performance among instrument types. / Forty-eight string instrumentalisits associated with The Florida State University were randomly selected as subjects: twelve each of violinists, violists, cellists, and double bassists. Average playing experience on the performance instrument was 10.2 years. All subjects were observed in all performance conditions. Each subject performed whole-tone tetrachords ascendingly and descendingly in the instruments' lower and upper registers. All performances were accompanied by pre-recorded computer-generated tones that formed four harmonic interval types with performance tones: (a) unisons, (b) thirds, major and minor, (c) two octaves, and (d) two octaves plus thirds (compound thirds). Performance tones were tape recorded and analyzed according to cents sharp or flat relative to equal temperament. / Results indicated that upper register performances with accompaniment below were significantly sharper (p < .05) than lower register performances with accompaniment above which were also sharp. Performances accompanied by unisons were significantly more accurate (p < .01) relative to equal temperament than those accompanied by compound thirds and simple thirds, but were not significantly different from those accompanied by two octaves. Performances accompanied by two octaves, compound, and simple thirds were not significantly different from one another. Descending tetrachords were performed significantly sharper (p < .01) than ascending tetrachords which were also sharp. Violinists evidenced the least overall deviation followed in order by violists, cellists and bassists. Violinists, violists, and cellists did not differ significantly from one another, but bassists' intonational deviation was significantly greater (p < .01) than that of the other instrumental groups. Intonation disparities among instrument groups were greatest in the upper registers. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-09, Section: A, page: 2688. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75386 |
| Contributors | KANTORSKI, VINCENT J., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 221 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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