In two separate studies, we examined fifth graders' preference for authentic and arranged
versions of world music recordings, the relationship of those preference ratings to familiarity …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of active versus passive listening on the
quality of 35 American children's invented notations of two Korean pieces, as a way to …

1 Background According to Berlyne (1971), preference for stimuli is related to their
complexity or unpredictability. Although this claim has been supported by a large number of …

Melodic expectancy is a field of research that provides ways to understand the processes
and knowledge people use in structuring, interpreting, remembering and performing music …

We investigated contributors of undergraduate nonmusic majors' preferences for world
musics, specifically those from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the reciprocal …

Based on the National Standards, this text is divided into three parts. Part one, Foundations,
covers the rationale for a Music Education program in the elementary years; meaning and …

Using three musical pieces as musical stimuli from Romania, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia, this
study extended Fung's study by examining Chinese pre-service music teachers'(n= 115) and …

The purpose of this study was to reveal the effects of Westernized arrangements of
traditional Korean folk music on music familiarity and preference. Two separate labs in one …

In a series of two experiments we tested music listening preference opinions of 1093
participants in Brazil, Greece, Japan, Portugal and the United States using a listening test …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of motivation on upper-grade elementary
students' preferences for acoustic or iPad instruments. The effect of the musical instruments' …