The Perception of the Musical Beat Among Young Children :

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  • 幼児期における拍知覚の発達
  • 幼児期における拍知覚の発達 : 拍への同期度による検討
  • ヨウジキ ニ オケル ハク チカク ノ ハッタツ : ハク エ ノ ドウキド ニ ヨル ケントウ
  • Aspects of the Degree of Synchrony to the Beat
  • ─ 拍への同期度による検討 ─

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<p>  This study examined the development of the perception of the musical beat by analyzing hand clapping to musical pieces for Japanese children whose age ranged from 3 to 5 years. A pianist played Twelve Variations on “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” by Mozart to each age group. They wore gloves with electrode that could sense each hand claps, and the time stamp of each clap was recorded by a computer. The data were analyzed for the synchrony with a musical beat, the degree of concentration of the claps, and the number of hand claps per beat. As a result, the synchrony with a musical beat increased as the age increased. The degree of synchronization did not change much among children aged 3-4 years and increased among children aged 4-5 years. The dispersion of the number of hand claps per beat in variations was the smallest among 5-year-olds. The 4-year-old children provided the inter-clap interval much shorter than the musical beat. The degree of synchrony for musical beats by the young children increased reflecting the development of the cognition for the rhythmic structure of music. This development proceeds rapidly around the age of 4-5 years. </p>

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