%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Accompaniment Quality in the Evaluation of Solo Instrumental Performance
%A Brian A. Silvey
%A D. Gregory Springer
%J Journal of Research in Music Education
%@ 1945-0095
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0022429418761044
%X The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of accompaniment quality on the evaluation of solo instrumental performance. Undergraduate instrumental music education majors (N = 71) listened to and evaluated the accuracy and expressivity of six excerpts of Haydn¡¯s Concerto for Trumpet in E-Flat Major, which we created by synchronizing recordings of good and bad performances of a trumpet soloist with good and bad performances of a piano accompaniment (as well as a no-accompaniment condition). Participants also chose one ¡°best aspect of the performance¡± and one ¡°aspect needing most improvement¡± for each excerpt. Significant main effects for accompaniment condition (good, bad, or none) and solo condition (good or bad) were found, in addition to interaction effects. Results of a Solo ¡Á Accompaniment interaction signified that participants¡¯ ratings were not independent of accompaniment condition, and this effect was moderated by the performance quality of the trumpet soloist. Additionally, participants noted different ¡°best aspects¡± and ¡°aspects needing most improvement¡± based on both solo performance quality and accompaniment condition
%K solo performance
%K accompaniment
%K perception
%K solo and ensemble
%K performance quality
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022429418761044