The effect of a one-semester music appreciation course upon music processing strategies of college students
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Shirley Herlong Fishburne (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- James W. Sherbon
Abstract: Several studies have been conducted investigating hemispheric dominance for melodic stimuli of professional musicians. This study was an investigation of the effects of a one-semester music appreciation course on music processing strategies of college students. Twenty-seven students enrolled in a music appreciation class (experimental group) and 27 students from a psychology class (control group) served as subjects. The subjects were matched for musical aptitude. Two dichotic listening tapes--one of short melodies, the other of spoken consonants--were administered to each subject at the beginning and end of a semester of study. Frequency tabulations of correct scores for each ear were calculated. Double-correct scores, which were correctly identified by both ears simultaneously, were also tabulated. The mean scores for each group were used to determine which ear was dominant in processing examples of the dichotic listening tasks. The significance of difference between pretest and posttest scores were compared by calculating a t test for dependent samples.
The effect of a one-semester music appreciation course upon music processing strategies of college students
PDF (Portable Document Format)
2181 KB
Created on 1/1/1985
Views: 203
Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1985
- Subjects
- Music appreciation
- Melodic analysis
- Music $x Instruction and study
- College students $x Ability testing