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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC TONE QUALITY PREFERENCES IN A RECORDED SAMPLE OF A CHILD’S SINGING VOICE By EMILY DAWN WILLIAMS A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Education Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2010 Copyright © 2009 Emily Dawn Williams All Rights Reserved The members of the committee approve the thesis of Emily Dawn Williams on March 30, 2010. __________________________________ Clifford K. Madsen Professor Directing Thesis __________________________________ Judy Bowers Committee Member __________________________________ Kevin Fenton Committee Member Approved: _____________________________________ Don Gibson, Dean, College of Music The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables .................................................................................. iv List of Figures ................................................................................. v Abstract ..................................................................................... vi 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................ 1 2. METHOD...................................................................................