The effects of song singing patterns on the vocal singing achievement among primary level students / Catherine Marie Januarius

• Main Author: Catherine Marie , Januarius
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General); M Music
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12439/2/Catherine_Marie.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12439/1/Catherine_Marie.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12439/

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of song singing patterns on the vocal achievement skills of Year 3 and Year 4 students in the primary level of music education. The participants for this study comprised of 60 students (n=60) from Year 3 and Year 4 primary levels for this study. Some students have been subjected to prior singing lessons but do not possess a systemised training in interval recognition, expression and stylistic singing and vocal singing techniques. This study employed a control group design compared to treatment group in a pre-test and post-test exercise to measure the vocal achievement skills of young children by investigating the effectiveness of using intervallic singing exercises versus song singing exercises through The Sound of Music excerpts of songs. The treatment administered was 20-minute sessions per week for the duration of eight weeks with the inclusion of additional pre-test and post-tests the week before and after the treatment period. Data was collected and subjected to the critieria of four tests, Intervallic Singing Test (IST), Expression and Stylistic Singing Test (ESST), Singing Tonality Test (STT) and Vocal Singing Technique Test (VSTT). Results showed that children taught through the song singing patterns method performed the songs with significant achievement than did those taught through the intervallic singing process.