Musicians' Ratings of Good versus Bad Vocal and String Performances

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ID10201207
AutoresJohn M Geringer (0000-0001-9179-8465, The University of Texas at Austin, autor correspondente), Clifford K Madsen (Florida State University)
Ano1998
Volume46
Fascículo4
Páginas522-534
Data de publicação1998-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3345348
OpenAlexW2004772685
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências 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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