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The effect of ‘sad’ and ‘happy’ background music on the interpretation of a story in 5 to 6-year-old children/ created by Naomi Ziv and Maya Goshen

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: British journal of music education ; Volume 23, number 3Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 02650517
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML5 BRI
Online resources: Abstract: Children hear music in the background of a large variety of situations and activities. Throughout development, they acquire knowledge both about the syntactical norms of tonal music, and about the relationship between musical form and emotion. Five to six-year-old children heard a story, with a background ‘happy’, ‘sad’ or no melody. Results show that background music affected children's interpretation of the story: ‘happy’ background music led to positive interpretations, whereas ‘sad’ background music led to more negative interpretations of the story. The effect of ‘happy’ music was stronger than that of ‘sad’ music. Implications for education are discussed.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections ML5 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol. 23, no.3 (pages 303-314) Not for loan For in house use only

Children hear music in the background of a large variety of situations and activities. Throughout development, they acquire knowledge both about the syntactical norms of tonal music, and about the relationship between musical form and emotion. Five to six-year-old children heard a story, with a background ‘happy’, ‘sad’ or no melody. Results show that background music affected children's interpretation of the story: ‘happy’ background music led to positive interpretations, whereas ‘sad’ background music led to more negative interpretations of the story. The effect of ‘happy’ music was stronger than that of ‘sad’ music. Implications for education are discussed.

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