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Building a mental toolbox: Relationships between strategy choice and sight-singing performance in higher education
Justine Pomerleau-Turcotte1, Francis Dubé1, Maria Teresa Moreno Sala1
1Faculté de musique de l'Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada.
Summary
Students can improve sight-singing performance by using specific strategies. Relying on automatic skills, musical knowledge, and body movements significantly predicts better rhythm, pitch, and overall scores in music education.
Area of Science:
- Music Education
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- Sight-singing is a core yet challenging skill in higher music education.
- The effectiveness of various sight-singing strategies is not fully understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify strategies used by music students during sight-singing.
- To determine if strategy application predicts sight-singing performance.
Main Methods:
- Recruited 56 postsecondary music students.
- Recorded eye movements during sight-singing tasks.
- Conducted retrospective interviews using eye-tracking data to identify strategies.
Main Results:
- Seven strategy categories were identified.
- Body movements predicted rhythm scores.
- Musical knowledge predicted pitch and combined scores.
- Automatic skills predicted all performance dimensions.
Conclusions:
- Explicit strategy instruction and development of musical knowledge are recommended for aural skills instructors.
- Building strong automatic skills is crucial for sight-singing proficiency.
Keywords:
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