Research Description:

The Effect of Four Pitch Matching Contexts and Music Aptitude on the Vocal Pitch Accuracy of 7- and 9-Year Old Children

Music is a part of our lives everyday. You hear it in the car, in your office, and in your home. Because of this it is vital that the education of children in music is thorough and efficient. Singing is the most used method for teaching children about music. Educators use singing games and teach different musical concepts through singing with their students. Many students have a hard time learning to sing accurately and in tune. Throughout this research I will be investigating the results of different musical contexts on children's singing. The study will be based on four different contexts, soprano voice, recorder, piano, and voice and movement. The subject, children ages 7 and 9, will hear three melodies performed on the different contexts and asked to sing them back to the research in a call and response method. The researcher and a panel of reliability judges will score each response based on vocal pitch accuracy. The Intermediate Measures of Music Audiation will be used as a control measure.