Classification of Reaction Patterns in Listening to Music

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ID10201357
AuthorsRobert W Yingling (Glenside, Pennsylvania, corresponding author)
Year1962
Volume10
Issue2
Pages105-120
Publication date1962-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3343994
OpenAlexW2067264857
LanguageEN
Citations received7

THIS STUDY aims to investigate the process of apprehending and comprehending It is undertaken in the hope of shedding more light upon the of music. The word appreciation in the field of music does not hold the highest repute. There may be a number of reasons contributing to such an evaluation, the prime one of which is the lack of dignity attributable to many courses in the fieldcourses which have not been too productive of a real development of appreciation. Back of such hit-or-miss pedagogical attempts, there may be found a confusion of the objectives, of the means to the objectives, and also of the schemes for determining the extent of learning. This study has occupied the writer's attention over a period of six years in the hope that a definite contribution may be made to the understanding of the nature of appreciation, an understanding which has been contributed to greatly by a number of other investigators, but which still has certain areas where adequate information has not been obtained. The appreciation of music is still a major objective of general education. It may be expected to continue so, since our society is just becoming conscious of the values of consumer education. The importance of music in American life is shown by the fact that, among the professional classes in our total population, musicians rank second in the number of people engaged. This remarkable position argues the importance of music in the American culture. This same fact also points to the consequent realization of a need of educating the consumer in This study attempts primarily to clarify techniques in this phase of consumer education. A review of the work of other investigators still leaves one question unanswered. What do people do when they appreciate music? Until we know how variously people may react to a single musical composition, we do not know how that composition may be adequately and completely taught from an appreciational viewpoint. When we apply this wide variation in reaction pattern to several musical compositions, the possibility of variability in reaction pattern increases. In fact, the problems of finding the characteristics of what people do when they appreciate music become greatly multiplied. This variety would be exaggerated still more by the study of the reaction patterns to both absolute and program Consequently this study was devised to attempt to type the reactions of people to several compositions in both classes. Some preliminary work was necessary to get some practice in our technique of investigation. The possibilities of dividing a group of people into several types of listeners as suggested by their reaction pattern to a single composition needed investigation. An evening school class of adults in music

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