Musicians' and Nonmusicians' Aural Perception of Orchestral Instrument Families

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10200214
AutoresEarlene Rentz (The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen40
Número3
Páginas185-192
Fecha de publicación1992-10-01
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)
DOI10.2307/3345680
OpenAlexW2068739308
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas13

The purpose of this study was to examine aural perception in a selective listening task using a Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI). Undergraduate college students (60 musicians, 60 nonmusicians) listened to an excerpt from Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland. Subjects indicated focus on instrumental family by manipulating the indicator of the CRDI. “Sound intervals” were determined by changes in predominant instrument family in the orchestral texture. Families were divided into five categories: (a) brass, (b) percussion, (c) woodwinds, (d) strings, and (e) all The “all” category indicated focus on three or more families simultaneously (e.g., tutti). Results were based on examination of subjects' category selections in terms of percentages of time focused on each category within each interval Analyses of cumulative seconds across all intervals indicated that nonmusicians focused on brass and percussion longer than did musicians. Musicians focused on strings longer and selected strings mare frequently than did nonmusicians. Musicians also indicated focus on three or more families simultaneously more than did nonmusicians

Acoustics · Active listening · Audiology · Focus (optics · Perception · Percussion · Communication · Diverse Music Education Insights · Medicine · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology