Conservation of Melody With Varied Harmonizations

A Comparison of Adult Listeners From China and the United States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10199488
AutoresJing Liu (0000-0002-0965-0320, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen70
Número2
Páginas228-243
Fecha de publicación2021-08-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00224294211031448
OpenAlexW3193007316
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

This study replicates and extends previous research investigating young adults’ ability to conserve melody under different harmonic contexts by comparing Chinese listeners ( N = 131) with U.S. listeners (Liu, 2018; N = 61). Using identical stimuli and procedures from the original study, participants listened to 34 pairs of melodic examples and identified whether the melody presented was the “same or different.” Results indicated Chinese listeners had a well-developed ability to identify the sameness of a melody when it was presented (a) alone, then with harmony (Task I); (b) with harmony, then with different harmony (Task II); and (c) with harmony, then alone (Task III, a reversed task of Task I). Overall, Chinese participants performed significantly better than U.S. participants. Corroborating prior research, music reversibility was also observed among Chinese listeners, as demonstrated by successful responses in two reversed music tasks (Task I and Task III). The performance differences on Task II between listeners with low versus no level of mastering reversibility regardless of country of origin and between Chinese listeners only with a high and a low level of reversibility further support the concept of music reversibility and its role in musical thinking

Art · China · Cognitive psychology · Geography · Harmony (color · Hum · Melody · Musical · Task (project management · Diverse Music Education Insights · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology