Tempo Perception and Performance of Elementary Students, Grades 3-6

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ID10202159
AuthorsMark C Ellis (The Ohio State University at Mansfield, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume40
Issue4
Pages329-341
Publication date1992-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3345840
OpenAlexW2139729826
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

The tempo perception and performance abilities of 80 elementary students in Grades 3-6 were investigated by means of two tests of tempo perception and one test of tempo performance. Scores for (a) the detection of gradual tempo changes, (b) the discrimination of differences in tempo pairs, and (c) the steadiness of tempo performance increased in a linear fashion from Grade 3 to Grade 6. Although scores for the accuracy ofreproducing a given tempo also increased with grade, a linear trend was not found. “In-tempo” responses increased significantly with grade level. The effect of training was significant only for the accuracy of reproducing a given tempo. All perception and performance scores increased as tempos increased, and subjects most often performed faster than the given tempo. The correlations among all measures tended to increase in strength with grade level, and all correlations involving the aggregate of scores from Grades 3-6 were significant

Audiology · Correlation · Grade level · Mathematics education · Perception · Test (biology · Diverse Music Education Insights · Mathematics · Medicine · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology

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