We made this song : the group song writing processes of three adolescent rock bands : a thesis submitted to the New Zealand School of Music in the fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in History and Literature of Music, New Zealand School of Music

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dc.contributor.authorThorpe, Vicki
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-01T03:26:45Z
dc.date.available2008-08-01T03:26:45Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractIn garages, practice rooms and classrooms, young people are composing music in rock and pop bands; engaged in working together in the shared enterprise of group music making. This study aims to contribute to scholarly knowledge through describing, analysing and interpreting the collaborative compositional processes (song writing) of three teenage rock bands. A theoretical model was developed and is applied to an analysis of the compositional processes of each group. Communication within each of the bands is analysed in terms of musical, nonverbal and verbal communication. The teaching and cooperative learning that occurred within each of the bands is presented, and each band is described in terms of a community of practice. An analysis of the compositional processes reveals that the three bands employed similar methods to generate ideas and construct their songs. However, when the data are viewed from a number of other theoretical perspectives, it is clear that two of the bands composed collaboratively, working together within mutually supportive, highly focussed and respectful communities; and that the third band’s songs were the work of a single composer, achieved through the cooperation and participation of the other band members. The young people in all three bands were highly engaged in selfdirected music learning, finding meaning and identity in the process.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/673
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectSong writingen_US
dc.subjectCollaborationen_US
dc.subjectMusic compositionen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::410000 The Arts::410100 Performing Arts Studies::410101 Music studiesen_US
dc.titleWe made this song : the group song writing processes of three adolescent rock bands : a thesis submitted to the New Zealand School of Music in the fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in History and Literature of Music, New Zealand School of Musicen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorThorpe, Vicki
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory and Literature of Musicen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Music (M.Mus.)en_US
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