This is a screenshot from Dedoose. I have been working for some time with a group to put together a qualitative meta study. One of the reasons this has taken a long time was my determination to use Dedoose to facilitate all of the reporting. As of yesterday evening, I was pretty close to done with data entry. I called this post pt. ? because I am not certain how many times I mentioned this before - or for how long I thought this was 'almost' finished.
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Keith Emerson was for many years my favorite rock keyboardist. His work was also incredibly difficult for me to copy, whether trying to figure out by ear (I used to slow down an old LP stereo in an attempt to hear all of the notes in the particularly fast passages) or by using published arrangements - which I had to practice just as hard as 'serious' classical music. I was stunned to hear of his death because I was aware that he had for the most part continued to perform. I saw ELP live during the winter 77-78 tour; it was an incredible show that started a couple of hours late due to weather. They choose a terrible winter to tour the midwestern US.
I have considered more than once the relationship between my early music education and later-life-and-ongoing interest in qualitative research. Keith was a musician who, in my opinion, gave a lot of dimension and originality to music through choice of notes and how he colored those notes with the range of tone settings available on the early synthesizers; for me it made the listening experience of even the simpler songs more profound. A song like "Lucky Man," that is at its heart a traditional folk-style tune switches gears in an amazing way when the synth solo kicks in and draws the tune to a lingering, echoing close. I think many social science researchers are drawn to the potential to use multiple qualitative and mixed qual/quan methods to translate human experiences into something more relate-able, engaging and profound. I have never asked but I would not be surprised if a poll of qualitative researchers turned up quite a few who have eclectic and interesting taste in music. |
AuthorI am Sheryl L. Chatfield, Ph.D, C.T.R.S. I am a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. I also Co-coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and I am a member of the Design Innovation Team at Kent State. Archives
February 2024
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