Development of Perception of the Unity of Musical Events

Development of Perception of the Unity of Musical Events

Three studies investigated infants' and young children's perception of the unity of musical events. Results indicated that properties specific to musical instrument families are relevant for young children's perception of musical events. Specific experience with a variety of instrumen...

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Published in:Cognitive development Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 355
Main Author: Pick, Anne D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 01-07-1994
Subjects:
Auditory Perception
Differentiation
Discriminant Ability
Early Childhood Education
Event Knowledge
Infants
Music
Musical Instruments
Perceptual Development
Visual Perception
Young Children
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Summary:Three studies investigated infants' and young children's perception of the unity of musical events. Results indicated that properties specific to musical instrument families are relevant for young children's perception of musical events. Specific experience with a variety of instruments is evidently not necessary for detecting correspondences of audible and visible properties and for differentiating instruments from different families. (TJQ)
ISSN:0885-2014
DOI:10.1016/0885-2014(94)90011-6