Musicians' Ratings of Good versus Bad Vocal and String Performances

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10201207
AutoresJohn M Geringer (0000-0001-9179-8465, The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia), Clifford K Madsen (Florida State University)
Año1998
Volumen46
Número4
Páginas522-534
Fecha de publicación1998-12-01
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)
DOI10.2307/3345348
OpenAlexW2004772685
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas11

This study continues a line of research attempting to ascertain the focus of musicians' attention when listening to music. It is the fifth study in a series structured to determine whether musicians demonstrate consistent listening patterns across excerpts intentionally designed to be perceived as good and bad performances. Soprano, tenor, violin, and cello excerpts varied considerably in intonation and tone quality and, to a lesser extent, in other performance aspects. In this study, 48 music students were asked to rate excerpts on traditional performance evaluation rating scales (phrasing/expression, intonation, rhythm, dynamics, tone quality) and give an overall rating. Results indicated that musician listeners consistently discriminated between the good and bad performances across all rating scales. Intonation was identified as the element most in need of improvement in performances. Significant differences were found also between the four timbres and the accompaniment conditions. Results of acoustical analyses that portray a variety of differences in the performances are discussed in relation to listener ratings

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