ERIC Number: EJ1229865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4294
EISSN: EISSN-1945-0095
Effects of Pitch and Rhythm Priming Tasks on Accuracy and Fluency during Sight-Reading
Christine R. Russell
Journal of Research in Music Education, v67 n3 p252-269 Oct 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of pitch and rhythm priming tasks on sight-reading accuracy and fluency. High school wind instrumentalists (N = 182) were assigned to one of four experimental groups: pre-/posttest rhythm, pre-/posttest pitch, posttest-only rhythm, or posttest-only pitch. Participants sight-read selected stimulus exercises from the Watkins-Farnum Performance Scale and completed two priming treatments and a control condition as part of a repeated-measures design. A three-way repeated-measures MANOVA, with rhythm accuracy, pitch accuracy, and fluency accuracy as dependent measures, revealed a significant main effect due to priming condition. Rhythm accuracy scores were significantly lower after both perceptual and conceptual priming than after a control condition. No significant differences in pitch accuracy or fluency existed based on priming condition. No significant differences were found in rhythm, pitch, or fluency accuracy based on treatment condition (pitch or rhythm) or exposure condition (pre-/posttest or post only). Two-way repeated-measures MANOVAs revealed significant main effects based on time. Pitch accuracy and fluency each significantly improved between pre- and posttest and from the first to third study tasks. Results suggest that performing rhythm alone or pitch alone requires different cognitive processes than does performing both together.
Descriptors: Priming, Accuracy, Task Analysis, Music Reading, High School Students, Music Education, Musical Instruments, Comparative Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Auditory Perception, Performance, Cognitive Processes, Music, Measures (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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