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Boardman, Eunice Morris, Grace Marie 2011-05-07T12:14:22Z 2011-05-07T12:14:22Z 10000-01-01 1992 This study was undertaken to examine the sensitivity of preschool children to unidimensional changes in a musical whole. Three- and four-year-old children were asked to represent, through movement, their sensitivity to changes in dynamics, timbre, tempi, pitch (register), texture, and articulation. The population was drawn from two classes of three-year-olds and two classes of four-year-olds participating in class music experiences at the Child Development Laboratory at the University of Illinois. All children enrolled in the classes were videotaped while participating, but the responses of a sample (N = 32) were examined in depth. All research took place during class music experiences, and all groups had the opportunity to react to changes in musical examples through body movement and when using a prop. Half of the students responded first through body movement, while the other half responded first using a prop. The developmental profile of children in the four classes showed that all responded correctly most frequently to changes in tempi, followed by changes in articulation. They responded least accurately to changes in timbre. Except for the youngest three-year-olds, children responded more accurately to changes when using a prop. Four-year-olds also seemed more comfortable using a prop than when responding through body movement. There was little difference in correct response whether prop or body movement was used first. Further research was recommended into the use of movement as a musical response, and into the ways young children respond to changes in whole pieces of music and changes in discrete patterns. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:14:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9236546.pdf: 8972804 bytes, checksum: 10fa3860a18ac0927c1231d04f7f9896 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:38:32Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:16:05-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9236546 (UMI)AAI9236546 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19657 eng Copyright 1992 Morris, Grace Marie Education, Early Childhood Education, Music Movement as an indication of musical understanding in preschool children text Music Music Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ed.D.