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Field Dependence-Independence and College Nonmusic Majors' Description and Identification of Music Excerpts.
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Ellis, Mark C. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Investigates the effects of field dependence-independence, gender, previous musical experience, and general music ability on music listening. College students recorded their observations about music excerpts. Weeks later they used these observations to identify the excerpts. Multiple regression analyses examined the contributions of subject…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students
The Integration of Pitch and Rhythm in Musical Judgment: Testing Age-Related Trends in Novice Listeners.
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Demorest, Steven M.; Serlin, Ronald C. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1997
Revises an earlier experiment that revealed age-related increases in sensitivity to rhythmic information when judging the difference between a theme and selected pitch and rhythm variations. Tested the possibility that the developmental differences found earlier were due to characteristics of the test melody. Results supported the earlier study.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception
The Effects of Texture and Number of Parts on the Ability of Music Majors to Detect Performance Errors.
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Byo, James L. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1997
Examines graduate and undergraduate music majors' ability to detect pitch and rhythm errors in various settings of textually contrasting musical excerpts. Students listened to intentionally marred excerpts and attempted to identify the errors. Analysis of variance revealed that the predictor variables did not function independently of each other.…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Tests
Focus of Attention and Aesthetic Response.
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Madsen, Clifford K. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1997
Presents the results of a study where musicians listened to 20 minutes of Puccini's, "La Boheme," and indicated which of the five musical elements (melody, rhythm, timbre, dynamics, or everything) commanded their attention. Two groups responded using differing instructions for the Continuous Response Digital Interface. Analyzes the different…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Attention, Attention Span