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Effects of Varied Timbral Instruction on Children's Singing Production
Effects of Varied Timbral Instruction on Children's Singing Production
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202104648
- ISBN
- 9798293801572
- DDC
- 780.7
- 저자명
- Berner, Crystal.
- 서명/저자
- Effects of Varied Timbral Instruction on Childrens Singing Production
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The Florida State University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 128 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-03, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Harrington, Ann;Kelly, Steven.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약The purpose of this study was to determine in what ways, if any, that children change their musical performance in response to timbral instructions (bright timbre or dark timbre). The primary research questions that guided this project included: (1) What is the effect of timbre instruction on participants' absolute cent deviation (measured in cents) and (2) what is the effect of timbre instruction on participants' spectral centroid (measured in Hertz)? The following secondary research question also guided this project: What words or concepts do elementary-aged children associate with the words, "bright" and "dark?" I created a stimulus recording of varied instructions, starting pitches, and metronome markings with a MacBook Pro laptop, Audacity, and a Blue Snowball microphone (44.1 kHz sampling rate, 16-bit resolution). Starting pitches (D4), metronome markings, and verbal instructions also remained the same across all recorded stimuli, with the only differences being the words, "bright," "dark", or "sing." Participants (N = 19) performed the song, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" four times following a brief vocal warm-up. Participants' performances were recorded with a Blue Snowball microphone directly into the software program Audacity (44.1 kHz sampling rate, 16-bit resolution), and saved as a WAV file with the participant identification number. Participants were asked to perform the familiar melody in each of three timbral conditions: no timbre instruction, bright, dark. All participants sang the familiar melody with the no timbre instruction first, but then were randomly assigned to one of two presentation orders, bright-dark or dark-bright.For each of the participants, I analyzed two acoustical, physical measures: (a) the participant's beginning pitch and a corresponding pitch later in the melody that repeated twice in the song (measured in Hertz) to determine how much their intonation varied within the performance, and (b) spectral centroid (measured in Hertz, indicating the level of "brightness," with higher values signifying more bright singing) at the same three points in the melody. After performing statistical analyses, I found that timbre instructions did not significantly affect children's pitch accuracy when singing a familiar melody, indicating that verbal cues alone are insufficient to prompt timbral or intonational change. Descriptive trends suggest slightly better intonation in the bright condition, but overall, pitch and timbre appeared to operate independently in the absence of a spectrally rich vocal model. Spectral centroid analyses revealed no significant change in vocal brightness across timbre instructions or age groups, indicating that verbal cues like bright and dark did not lead to measurable timbral adjustments. While children appeared to understand the concepts, they lacked the auditory-motor control to translate those cues into consistent acoustic changes, highlighting a developmental gap between timbre perception and production.When asked to describe the words "bright" and "dark," children associated "bright" with sunlight, light, and happiness, and "dark" with night, blackness, and fear, relying largely on concrete, everyday imagery rather than musical terms. These findings align with prior research showing that young singers interpret timbral language through broad, cross-modal metaphors, reinforcing the importance of using vivid, sensory-rich descriptions in early music instruction.Young singers often understand timbre labels like "bright" and "dark" conceptually but lack the developmental coordination to produce consistent vocal changes based on these cues alone. To support both intonation and tone color development, music educators should use voice-like models, concrete metaphors, and scaffolded instruction that links sound perception with motor action, gradually expanding children's timbre vocabulary and expressive control.
- 일반주제명
- Music education
- 일반주제명
- Music
- 일반주제명
- Music theory
- 일반주제명
- Pedagogy
- 키워드
- Cent deviation
- 키워드
- Music cognition
- 키워드
- Pitch
- 키워드
- Timbre
- 기타저자
- The Florida State University Music
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-03A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■653 ▼aMusic cognition
■653 ▼aPitch
■653 ▼aSpectral centroid
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