TY - JOUR
AU - Nielsen, J. T.
AB - The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to study training in rhythmic performance, and (2) to improve and further standardize a measure of rhythmic auditory-motor coordination which can be used as one of a series of tests in the prediction of success and ability in musical performance. The apparatus used in this experiment was the Seashore phonographic chronograph. In order further to facilitate the reading of the graphic record a different pattern was designed and was printed upon the paper discs. Twenty students were taken at random and twenty were selected from the School of Music. The results show that the improvement during the training period ranges from .7 per cent to 22.4 per cent, with an average improvement of 7.8 per cent. Seashore found an average improvement of 5 per cent in the training of five students for six days. Capacity in motor rhythm as measured in this test correlates significantly with musical ability and performance. Motor rhythm can be slightly improved, but the improvement all falls within the very early training period. There is no significant relation between ability to tap rhythm and amount of improvement, or between musical training and improvement in ability to tap rhythm.
TI - A STUDY IN THE SEASHORE MOTOR-RHYTHM TEST
JO - Psychological Monographs: General and Applied
DO - 10.1037/h0093255
DA - 1930-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/a-study-in-the-seashore-motor-rhythm-test-56hCobLDHc
SP - 74
EP - 108
VL - 40
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -