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Elementary-Aged Children's Aesthetic Experiences with Music
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Journal of Music Therapy
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright American Music Therapy Association Summer 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This study examined the perceived aesthetic experiences of elementary school children. Sixty 4th graders, from 3 intact public school classes that included students identified as gifted and with special needs, listened to Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variation 18, by Rachmaninoff and simultaneously indicated responses by manipulating a Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI) dial. One week later, participants repeated the listening activity under identical experimental conditions. As in similar studies with adults, aggregated graphic analyses showed that many of the children's highest and lowest reactions tended to cluster at the same places, and test-retest reliability ...
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