Student #


                                  Mama Caught a Flea



        sol
        mi
             One,   two,   three.         Ma - 'a   caught a   flea!








        Flea   died,  Ma   r-ma cried.  One,  t ,  three.






Figure 5-2. Composition by student #209.

Object 5-1. Student #209 composition performance. (.wav file, 2MB)

     Results of this study indicate that color material does affect student performance

accuracy of their own compositions. Students who utilized colored pencils to notate and

colored mallets to perform their compositions played with greater accuracy than

students who used non-color materials. Although the type of materials used was likely

the cause of this result, other extraneous variables were not taken into account. Not all

students involved in the study attended this school prior to the current school year.

Therefore, the background knowledge and experience of playing the xylophone may

have affected the students' performance. Individual student learning abilities within the

two groups may have affected retention of skills throughout the four class meetings and