Predicting Success in Beginning Instrumental Music Through Use of Selected Tests
- 1 April 1974
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Research in Music Education
- Vol. 22 (1) , 52-57
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3344618
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of using several different variables as predictors of success in beginning instrumental music. The variables were: tests of musical aptitude, academic achievement, intelligence, and psychomotor skills measured by a tapping board, a tachistoscope, a visual choice reaction timer, and a rotary pursuit apparatus. A discriminant function analysis was used to analyze the data. All variables were found to make a unique contribution to the prediction of success in beginning instrumental music.Keywords
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