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Benjamins, L., Roland, S. & Bylica, K. (2022). The complexities of meaningful experiential learning: Exploring reflective practice in music performance studies. International Journal of Music Education, 40(2), 163-176.

Sullivan, J., Guastavino, C. & Wanderley, M. (2021). Surveying digital musical instrument use in active practice. Journal of New Music Research, 50(5), 469-486.

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Rhetorical moves are a stretch of text that does a particular job. Learning these moves in different genres of writing will often help us, the readers understand that text more clearly. Giving us a full and well-rounded understanding of the text.

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Throughout history, music has been something that has changed our lives. Millions of people seem to love it all over the world, and the question comes up. What is it about music that we love so much? Scientists have looked at this question saying, "Bring It On! I'll find out." That is exactly what they have done, but when doing this research they have to write in a certain way. A way that most of us know as primary research essays. In these essays, any sort of opinions is thrown out the window, because here they just want the facts and facts alone.

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What Do The Moves Suggest About The Values Of A Broader Community?

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What Do The Moves Suggest About The Values Of A Broader Community?

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The moves show that this community likes to have things done in a particular way with little to no exceptions. Unlike other genres this one does not want the writer to talk about their opinions, they want the facts and facts alone.

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Who Seems To Have The Freedom To Break From Common Moves? And Who Doesn't?

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Who Seems To Have The Freedom To Break From Common Moves? And Who Doesn't?

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Nobody should break from common moves, but if you are to break from them then you better choose wisely. For example, nobody will kill you if you leave out the literary review, most people skip over it anyway. If you were to leave out the method then you would have a problem. the last thing the writer wants to do is show data and not tell how he got it.

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What Is The Significance Behind The Sequence Of The Moves?

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What Is The Significance Behind The Sequence Of The Moves?

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Each of the moves builds off of the last one. A metaphor that we could use is building a house. you first need to start out with a good solid foundation, that is your introduction gives you a very broad idea of what the essay will be about. then you move on to the structure of the house, that is your literary review telling us what others have done and their results. Then you build the walls and put a roof on the house, those are your method and your findings/data from that particular method. Then the fun begins where you get to fill this particular house with furniture and things of that nature, that would be the discussion and conclusion that tells the reader what the data shows and means.

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How Is Language Used To Carry Out The Moves You've Identified?

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How Is Language Used To Carry Out The Moves You've Identified?

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Research essays are usually in the form of third-person or formal writing. Not allowing the writer to use words like, I, me, and my. The reasoning for this is simple. Research essays are all about the facts, what does the data show us? They don't want to allow the writer to share their opinion. When it comes to formal writing you want to stay away from consonants. The author's verb tense will vary depending on what is being written, for example, a literary review would most likely be in past tense and everything else would be mainly in present. Future verb tense in this type of essay is uncommon but still shows up every once in a while.

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How Do Different Audiences Or Contexts Seem To Affect The Moves?

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How Do Different Audiences Or Contexts Seem To Affect The Moves?

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As talked about earlier, some of these essays are very detailed and go into great depth when it comes to the who, what, and why questions. Those essays are aimed more at other scientists, professors, and researchers, and they want to know the answers to those questions. Because that will in turn help them in their studies and research. While other authors might write to post it on their blog or perhaps a popular website. Not being aimed at a particular group of people, they might not go into great depth in sections where other authors might.

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What Organizational Patterns (Sequence, Order) Do You Notice Among The Moves?

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What Organizational Patterns (Sequence, Order) Do You Notice Among The Moves?

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The pattern is pretty straightforward, they are all the same from start to finish.

1. Introduction

2. Lit. Review

3. Method

4. Findings/Data

5. Discussion/Conclusion

And as said, before they all work together when used in this order to carry out a good flow for readers.

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How Do The Moves Work Together, Given What You know Of The Typical Audience(s), Purpose(s), And Context(s) Of The Genre's Use?

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How Do The Moves Work Together, Given What You know Of The Typical Audience(s), Purpose(s), And Context(s) Of The Genre's Use?

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Using these moves helps the reader find what they are looking for easier. For the most part, when a reader chooses to look at the research paper they want to see the findings/data and the discussion, maybe even the method. For the most part, they could care less about all the other stuff. That does not mean that the other moves are not important. They all play a part in supporting the purpose of these essays. They all seem to build off each other when used properly.

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How Does Each Move Work To Achieve The Action Or Goal Of The Genre?

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How Does Each Move Work To Achieve The Action Or Goal Of The Genre?

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Introduction: This move is quite obvious. It tells you what the author is wanting to look like and why? What is the purpose of this study and who might it affect?
Lit. Review: This move tells the audience what others have done in the past. why they did it? And how they did it?
Method: This move is simple but important non the less. How does the author conduct his study? Was it in the form of a survey? Did he observe others? Or perhaps they interviewed people.
Finding/Data: as if the other one was not simple enough, this move is even simpler. the author just tells you what they found. What did their study show?
Discussion/Conclusion: Here is where the author interprets the data asking, "What does this tell us?" And perhaps has a call to action for a similar test on a slightly different topic.

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Which Moves Seem Common, But Not Needed? Which Moves Seem Optional Or Rare?

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Which Moves Seem Common, But Not Needed? Which Moves Seem Optional Or Rare?

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These two questions are put together because the articles that were found and analyzed followed the same format. These types of essays have a particular format and style that the community wants you to follow. Now that does not mean that some authors do things differently. Depending on the author, some sections might go into great detail while other sections are small and seem like a brief summary. It just all depends on who was writing the essay.

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Which Moves Seem Obligatory or necessary?

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Which Moves Seem Obligatory or necessary?

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When looking at research essays dealing with music, they seem to follow all of the same format. We all learned this format when conducting our experiments with our primary research paper.

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. Method

4. Findings/data

5. Discussion/conclusion

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In Conclusion, when writing a music research essay the community likes to have things done in a particular and straightforward way. Is it wrong for the writer to do it a different way? No, not really, but the more you bend and break the rules the less likely your paper will turn out to be a research paper. And that is the last thing you as a writer would want.

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What to look for here.

What is the significance behind the sequence of the moves?

Who seems to have the freedom to break from common moves? Who does not?

What do the moves suggest about the values of a broader community?

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What to look for here.

How is Language used to carry out the moves you've identified?

examples: verb tense, passive/active voice, contractions, sentence structure, etc.

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What to look for here.

What organizational patterns (sequence, order) do you notice among the moves?

How do different audiences or contexts seem to affect the moves?

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Identify how moves help carry out the genre's action

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Identify how moves help carry out the genre's action

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What to look for here.

How does each move work to achieve the action or goal of the genre?

How do the moves work together, given what you know of the typical audience(s), purpose(s), and context(s) of the genre's use?

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What to look for here.

Which moves seem obligatory or necessary?

Which moves seem common, but not needed?

Which moves seem optional or rare?

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How do all of these essays come together in the community of music research? throughout the years, these essays are passed around to other researchers and scientists, and they might look at them and say, "This was good and all, but they did not answer this question." From there they go on to do their own research. New research is built off of old that were done in the past making this field of study a building under endless construction.