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Title: The development of Free Bass In this work I will explain how the accordion with free bass was developed in Sweden. I will also describe how the people, teachers and musicians, did respond when it was introduced. In this study I investigate Swedish freebass teachers' reflections upon their educational issues. I want to look deeper at how they are reflecting over these two systems, and h
Title: Care of the voice ? one part of the choir singing? The choir conductors work with children's and youths' individual voices within the choir. The purpose of this study was to examine how four different choir conductors work with children's and youths' individual voices during choir rehearsal. Further aims of this essay are to shed light upon relevant research within the topic
Despite the fact that men dominate substance abuse research and that most programs to target substance abuse therefore are developed by and for men, very little is known about the fact that substance abusing men can also be parents. Mothers are up until today regarded as the most important parent even though society is changing and fathers are taken a more active part in childrearing. The average
Title: Go for it! - A study of anxiety in relation to students performing in ensemble class. This study discusses anxiety in relation to students in ensemble performance. The expectations on musicians are extremely high and demanding. They are expected to perform to the maximum of their ability despite both physical and mental pressure. I present in this study the result of the interviews I have
This thesis is composed within the framework of the supplementary course in psychotherapy concentrating on family therapy (60 credits) arranged by Lund University's affiliate in Västerås, Sweden. The purpose of this thesis has been to explore how the idea to initiate evidence based methods in the workings of the Individual and Family Care Department of the City of Västerås was born. Furthermo
Title: Music-esthetical productions in the educational work - a case study of the Allvar Gullstrand highschool. Problem: A problem associated with working with project- and thematic studies which result in esthetical productions is that it often demands extra effort and time beyond the schedule to carry the production through. There are no instructions saying that schools are to work with this ki
Title: Language Through Music. Music as a Motivator for Language Acquisition. The purpose of this essay is to examine what there is to gain by integrating music and language to promote language learning. Theory: Different theories will be presented to orientate music in history. Theories on the connection between music and language will follow and among others suggestopedi will be explained. Theo
Studien syftade till att undersöka hur gravida förstagångsföräldrar i tredje trimestern upplever sin graviditet och det kommande föräldraskapet, utifrån kvinnan och mannens perspektiv. Studien hade ett fenomenologiskt förhållningssätt och ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Analysunderlaget utgjordes av 14 intervjuer med blivande föräldrar och barnmorskor. Res
Konflikt och vad som definieras som en våldsam konflikt är en central fråga i freds och konfliktforskning, men det är också en fråga som inte behandlas. Generellt definieras en våldsam konflikt som en konflikt enligt definitionen av Uppsala University Conflict Database med 1000 dödsoffer per år. Den här uppsatsen försöker titta på andar aspekter än den begränsade definitionen, genom att applicera
Swedish rape cases that occurred during the years of 1998 to 2006 were selected to examine different rape patterns depending on the relationship between the offender and the victim. Five relationship categories were used: Stranger, Acquaintance, Friend, Partner, and Ex-Partner. These categories were used in the coding of the binary variables based on the offender's behaviour in the police repo
Based on Theodor W. Adorno's theories about the relation between society and lyrics, and critical theories about postmodernism, it can be seen in Bob Hansson's lyrics how he tries on the one hand to write in a modernistic tradition but, on the other, is very influenced by postmodernism which results in a conspicuous self-distance and self-contempt.
Denna uppsats tar en titt på svensk arbetarlitteratur och hur den sett ut från 1800-talets slut till idag. Den försöker också gå igenom de olika sätt på vilka begreppen "arbetarförfattare" och "arbetarlitteratur" definierats under denna period. Utifrån detta, och med en marxistisk litteraturteori som utgångspunkt, tas sedan en närmre titt på tre verk, nämligen Moa Martinsons Kv
Syfte med den här uppsatsen är att jämföra karaktärerna i romanen och filmen Sandor slash Ida för att komma åt vilka möjligheter som finns när det gäller karaktärsskildring i de olika medierna. Frågeställningen är enligt följande: ? Skiljer sig huvudkaraktärerna åt mellan romanen och filmen, och i så fall på vilka sätt? För att kunna svara frågeställningen användes underfrågor för att kunna uppnå
Title: Am I doing what I think I am doing when I am practicing? A self study in practicing. The purpose of this study is to determine whether I do what I think I do when I practice. The reason for this is to make myself a better teacher as well as a musician. By gaining knowledge about my own practicing I will be able to guide future students in their own practicing in a better way. The method of
Creasing of paperboard is an essential operation to obtain a well defined shape and strength of a package. The creasing tool consists of one male and one female creasing plate. The male plate presses the paperboard into the female plate and introduces damage in the creasing zone. Today the standard creasing operation at Tetra Pak is that the male creasing plate presses the top ply (print side) of
In this study the author builds on previous materials and a statistical comparison between states with successful coup attempts and states without successful coups in an attempt to isolate a series of factors that may have an effect on the outcome of an attempted coup d'état. The isolated factors are then tested on the cases of Gambia, Ghana, Ecuador and Thailand. The five factors that resul
This paper investigates the usability of the intelligence test Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV). Twenty four children in two different age-groups were tested with WNV, 10 children between ages 5 - 6, and 14 children between ages 9 - 10. The WNV turned out to be a useful test when some verbal communication was used in the test situation. This was especially apparent among the younger child
The study seeks knowledge about the Swedish euro-scepticism and about the work of the Swedish euro-sceptical Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). How do they work in an environment where the norm is to have a positive attitude towards a future federal state of Europe? How do they regard their own situation and possibilities to make a change? The study includes a debate on today's Swedis
Interpret, concretize and set grades - Is it that simple? A study of similarities and differences in local grading criteria in music. The purpose of this study is to examine similarities and differences in local grading criteria in music at schools in a larger municipality in the south of Sweden. The research question is: How have schools interpreted national grading criteria locally and how do mu
This thesis endavours to examine whether differences between original and translation in literary translation are systematic and predictable by studying a Swedish detective novel and its Japanese translation. The domain of the novel chosen for analysis is the reported speech (i.e. dialog). Translation Studies suggests that knowledge of the literary norms of the Target Language of the translation
