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Comparison of Children's and Adults' Vocal Ranges and Preferred Tessituras in Singing Familiar Songs.
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Moore, Randall S. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1991
Tests 90 children's and 100 preservice teachers' singing ranges and tonalities. Finds both sets of subjects have nearly identical singing ranges. Suggests both groups may sing in low tessituras unless reminded to lift their voices. Encourages teacher education programs to recommend that new teachers perform songs in suitable ranges for children.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Verbal and Nonverbal Identification of Pitch Changes in a Familiar Song by English- and Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children.
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Flowers, Patricia J.; Costa-Giomi, Eugenia – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1991
Assesses children's ability to indicate verbally and nonverbally their awareness of two-octave pitch shifts in a familiar song. Compares abilities of English- and Spanish-speaking children by age and by native language. Discovers older children indicate changes more proficiently whereas Spanish-speaking children respond less often. Finds many…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Training