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Author: Friederike Flottmann Publisher: Peter Lang ISBN: 9783631613535 Category : Auditory perception Languages : en Pages : 226
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Can aural training in music enhance your sound-discrimination abilities for languages? The study sets off to answer this question by testing 50 German-speaking students of non-linguistic degrees for their abilities to discriminate between sounds in Finnish, a language previously entirely unknown to them. 25 randomly selected subjects then went through an aural training in music for two weeks before all the subjects were retested in their aural-perceptive abilities in the Finnish language by means of a similar test containing different test items. The hypothesised positive effect of the musical intervention could be partially proved by a statistically significant mean enhancement in the final scores achieved by the trained group compared to an insignificant enhancement achieved by the control group.
Author: Friederike Flottmann Publisher: Peter Lang ISBN: 9783631613535 Category : Auditory perception Languages : en Pages : 226
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Can aural training in music enhance your sound-discrimination abilities for languages? The study sets off to answer this question by testing 50 German-speaking students of non-linguistic degrees for their abilities to discriminate between sounds in Finnish, a language previously entirely unknown to them. 25 randomly selected subjects then went through an aural training in music for two weeks before all the subjects were retested in their aural-perceptive abilities in the Finnish language by means of a similar test containing different test items. The hypothesised positive effect of the musical intervention could be partially proved by a statistically significant mean enhancement in the final scores achieved by the trained group compared to an insignificant enhancement achieved by the control group.
Author: Lutz Jäncke Publisher: Frontiers E-books ISBN: 2889190544 Category : Languages : en Pages : 219
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Traditionally, music and language have been treated as different psychological faculties. This duality is reflected in older theories about the lateralization of speech and music in that speech functions were thought to be localized on the left and music functions on the right hemisphere. But with the advent of modern brain imaging techniques and the improvement of neurophysiological measures to investigate brain functions an entirely new view on the neural and psychological underpinnings of music and speech has evolved. The main point of convergence in the findings of these new studies is that music and speech functions have many aspects in common and that several neural modules are similarly involved in speech and music. There is also emerging evidence that speech functions can benefit from music functions and vice versa. This new research field has accumulated a lot of new information and it is therefore timely to bring together the work of those researchers who have been most visible, productive, and inspiring in this field and to ask them to present their new work or provide a summary of their laboratory's work.
Author: Justin Merritt Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000768678 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 557
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Comprehensive Aural Skills is a complete suite of material for both performance and dictation, covering the wide range of sight singing and ear training skills required for undergraduate courses of study. It provides a series of instructional modules on rhythm, melody, and harmony, and blends musical examples from the common-practice repertory with original examples composed to specifically address particular skills and concepts. Each module includes material for classroom performance, self-directed study, and homework assignments. Features A complete suite of aural skills material: Comprehensive Aural Skills is a combined sight singing and ear training textbook, audio, and companion website package. Fully modular, customizable organization: Instructors can choose freely from the set of exercises in the book and supplemental material on the companion website to appropriately tailor the curriculum based on their students’ needs. Engaging and idiomatic musical examples: Examples are selected and composed specifically for the didactic context of an aural skills classroom. Dictation exercises for practice and assignment: Practice exercises include an answer key so students can work independently and receive immediate feedback, while homework assignments are given without a key. Audio examples for dictation: The website hosts live recordings of acoustic instruments performed by professional musicians for each dictation exercise and homework assignment. Supplemental Materials for Instructors: A wealth of material for class use and assignment can be found on the companion website. Teachers’ Guide: The guide includes answers for every homework assignment, brief commentary on each module’s content, tips for integrating written theory, and strategies on how to effectively teach new concepts and skills. This updated Second Edition includes Revised Rhythm module structure, now introducing foundational concepts more gradually Additional examples from the repertory in the Harmony and Melody modules New and improved recordings on the companion website
Author: Colin R. Wright Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1443844942 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 445
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Research indicates that aural skills are vital in developing musical expertise, yet the precise nature of those skills and the emphasis placed upon them in educational contexts merit closer attention and exploration. This book assesses the relevance of aural in a university music degree and as a preparation for the professional career of a classical musician. By way of the discussion of four empirical studies, two main areas are investigated: firstly, the relationship between university music students’ aural ability and their overall success on a music degree programme, and, secondly, the views of music students and professional musicians about aural and its relevance to their career are analysed. The subject is investigated particularly in the light of the current socio-educational background of the past fifty years, which has greatly influenced the participation of music and the study and development of musicianship. Many related issues are touched upon as part of the research for this project, and these emerge as relevant topics in the discussion of aural. Apart from students’ and musicians’ views on training and singing, aspects considered include the role of improvisation, memorisation and notation, examinations, absolute pitch and the affinity with language, all of which have a part to play in the debate about the importance of aural.
Author: Colin R. Wright Publisher: ISBN: 9781443897990 Category : Ear training Languages : en Pages : 411
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Research indicates that aural skills are vital in developing musical expertise, yet the precise nature of those skills and the emphasis placed upon them in educational contexts merit closer attention and exploration. This book assesses the relevance of aural in a university music degree and as a preparation for the professional career of a classical musician. By way of the discussion of four empirical studies, two main areas are investigated: firstly, the relationship between university music students aural ability and their overall success on a music degree programme, and, secondly, the views of music students and professional musicians about aural and its relevance to their career are analysed. The subject is investigated particularly in the light of the current socio-educational background of the past fifty years, which has greatly influenced the participation of music and the study and development of musicianship. Many related issues are touched upon as part of the research for this project, and these emerge as relevant topics in the discussion of aural. Apart from students and musicians views on training and singing, aspects considered include the role of improvisation, memorisation and notation, examinations, absolute pitch and the affinity with language, all of which have a part to play in the debate about the importance of aural.
Author: Phillip Gearing Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN: 9783838337630 Category : Ear training Languages : en Pages : 216
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A six-semester distance mode prototype aural training programme was developed and delivered to tertiary music students in all states of Australia as well as other countries including New Zealand, Singapore, south-east Asia and the United Kingdom. Face-to-face teaching components were replaced entirely by CD-ROM delivery. The evaluation compared results between external and internal groups, in rhythmic perception, melodic perception, scale/mode recognition and interval recognition. External students achieved higher levels of improvement for all aural acuities compared with internal students and control group students. Tertiary music schools experiencing, for example, funding constraints may therefore be able to re- organise aural tuition practice either to replace or to augment face-to-face classes with external aural training materials. The book will be of interest to all music educators, but specifically to educators and managers in tertiary music schools.
Author: Keturah Naomi Bixby Publisher: ISBN: Category : Auditory perception Languages : en Pages : 162
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"The relationship between producing and perceiving sounds is tightly correlated in the domains of language and music. Any time someone speaks, they immediately hear what they said, and when someone sings or plays a musical instrument, they hear music. However, it is unclear how producing sound changes auditory perception: is any perceptual improvement merely the result of hearing and attending to the acoustic signal, or can these improvements be facilitated by motor production itself? The research question is whether learning to produce sound benefits auditory perception in language or music. Given that speech categories are highly entrenched in adults' native languages, with perception and production tightly linked, this question was examined in the context of second-language (L2) learning. Two experiments explored how learning to produce new L2 phonetic contrasts improves category learning and category generalization. Experiment 1 on category learning found that when participants learned to produce before learning to perceive a new phonetic contrast, their category perception improved compared to participants with the same auditory experience but without training in production. Experiment 2 on category generalization found a similar benefit to category learning, but did not show generalization, so the effect of production learning on category generalization is unknown. Two further experiments were conducted in the domain of music. In contrast to language, it is possible to break the tight linkage between perception (phonetic categories) and production (vocal articulation) in music. Non-musicians have no model for mapping their actions to musical sounds, allowing a glimpse into the role production plays in learning about those sounds. Non-musicians learned to play a simple novel instrument to determine whether their perception was better than non-musicians with matched auditory experience but no production experience. No difference in perceptual sensitivity was seen for pitch discrimination between groups in either experiment, nor was there better memory for interval stimuli in the production group. However, producers had better memory for studied melodies than perceivers. Together, these results suggest production may improve perception, but only when it is an informative cue: learning in the domain of production is required before it can have an effect on perception."--Pages viii-ix.
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