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Morton, J. Bruce; Trehub, Sandra E. – Psychology of Music, 2007
Songs convey emotion by means of expressive performance cues (e.g. pitch level, tempo, vocal tone) and lyrics. Although children can interpret both types of cues, it is unclear whether they would focus on performance cues or salient verbal cues when judging the feelings of a singer. To investigate this question, we had 5- to 10-year-old children…
Descriptors: Cues, Singing, Emotional Response, Children
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Ginsborg, Jane; Sloboda, John A. – Psychology of Music, 2007
The nature of the relationship between words and music in memory has been studied in a variety of ways, from investigations of listeners' recall for the words of songs stored in long-term memory to recall for novel information set to unfamiliar melodies. We asked singers to perform an unaccompanied song from memory following deliberate learning…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Music, Singing, Long Term Memory
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Fine, Philip; Berry, Anna; Rosner, Burton – Psychology of Music, 2006
This study investigated the role of concurrent musical parts in pitching ability in sight-singing, concentrating on the effects of melodic and harmonic coherence. Twenty-two experienced singers sang their part twice in each of four novel chorales. The chorales contained either original or altered melody and original (tonal) or altered (atonal)…
Descriptors: Music Reading, Singing, Familiarity, Pattern Recognition
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Barrett, Margaret S. – Psychology of Music, 2011
The investigation of infants' and young children's early musical engagement as singers, song-makers, and music-makers has provided some insight into children's early vocal and musical development. Recent research has highlighted the vital role of interactive vocalization or "communicative musicality" in infants' general development, including…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Music Education, Music, Singing
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Ivaldi, Antonia; O'Neill, Susan A. – Psychology of Music, 2008
Despite the wealth of research into adolescent role models, few studies have concentrated solely on the musical figures identified by adolescents and the reasons why. Using mixed methods, 381 adolescents (aged 13-14) completed a questionnaire about the musicians they admired and the reasons why. Focus groups were also conducted where adolescents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Musicians, Role Models
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Ginsborg, Jane; Chaffin, Roger; Nicholson, George – Psychology of Music, 2006
How do musicians performing together coordinate their actions to achieve a unified performance? We observed a singer (the first author) and pianist/conductor (the third author) as they prepared for two performances of Ricercar 1 from Stravinsky's Cantata, one for voice and piano and one for voice and ensemble. This article reports a content…
Descriptors: Cues, Music Education, Music, Musicians
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Spahn, Claudia; Burger, Thorsten; Hildebrandt, Horst; Seidenglanz, Karin – Psychology of Music, 2005
The present study investigated health locus of control, preventive behaviour and previous playing-related health problems of music students; 326 students of music (58% female, mean age 22 years) filled in the Locus of Control Inventory for Illness and Health (Lohaus and Schmitt, 1989) and the Epidemiological Questionnaire for Musicians (Spahn,…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Music, Musicians, Behavior