Musical enculturation in preschool children: acquisition of key and harmonic knowledge
| dc.contributor.author | Corrigall, Kathleen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trainor, Laurel J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-28T00:37:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-28T00:37:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Even adults without formal music training have implicit musical knowledge that they have acquired through day-to-day exposure to the music of their culture. Two of the more sophisticated musical abilities to develop in childhood are knowledge of key membership (which notes belong in a key) and harmony (chords and chord progressions). Previous research suggests sensitivity to key membership by 4 or 5 years, but provides no behavioral evidence of harmony perception until 6 or 7. Thus, we examined knowledge of key membership and harmony in 4- and 5-year-old children using a simple task and a familiar song. In line with previous research, we found that even the youngest children had acquired key membership. Furthermore, even 4-year-olds demonstrated some knowledge of Western harmony, which continued to develop between 4 and 5 years of age. In sum, our results indicate that harmony perception begins to develop earlier than has been previously suggested. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/94J | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Corrigall, K. A., & Trainor, L. J. (2010). Musical enculturation in preschool children: Acquisition of key and harmonic knowledge. Music Perception, 28, 195-200. doi:10.1525/mp.2010.28.2.195 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2010.28.2.195 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/839 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
| dc.subject | key membership | |
| dc.subject | harmony | |
| dc.subject | tonality | |
| dc.subject | musical enculturation | |
| dc.subject | pitch | |
| dc.title | Musical enculturation in preschool children: acquisition of key and harmonic knowledge | en |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type |