title: Influence of young children's learning modalities on their pitch matching.
abstract: To assess whether the ability to match pitch vocally could be improved through use of learning modalities 1201 children, ages 6 to 9, sang a song while responding visually (seeing high and low visual aids), auditorily (hearing high and low pitches), or kinesthetically (showing high and low with their hands). Analysis indicated the first-grade children using the visual model sang significantly more accurately than the first-graders using either auditory or kinesthetic models. Vocal accuracy with the visual model did not improve after first grade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Music, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Persellin
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000367:Age Factors; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D010898:Pitch Perception; D012153:Retention, Psychology