TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of strength of rhythmic beat on preferences of young music listeners in Brazil, Greece, Japan, Portugal, and the United States
AU - LeBlanc, Albert
AU - Fung, C. Victor
AU - Boal-Palheiros, Graça M.
AU - Burt-Rider, Allison J.
AU - Ogawa, Yoko
AU - De Jesus Oliviera, Alda
AU - Stamou, Lelouda
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - 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 composed of jazz, popular, and art music excerpts that represented stronger or weaker presentations of rhythmic beat. Listener ages ranged from 9 to 13 years, and sex was fairly evenly distributed in each country. Effect of beat strength was a highly significant influence on music listening preference, with music that had a stronger rhythmic beat receiving consistently higher preference ratings. There were significant interactions between beat strength and country, beat strength and sex, and country and sex. Among the main effects, beat strength accounted for 34% and country accounted for 2% of preference variation in this study. Interactions of beat strength and country, beat strength and sex, and country and sex accounted for 12%, 9%, and 2% of preference variation respectively.
AB - 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 composed of jazz, popular, and art music excerpts that represented stronger or weaker presentations of rhythmic beat. Listener ages ranged from 9 to 13 years, and sex was fairly evenly distributed in each country. Effect of beat strength was a highly significant influence on music listening preference, with music that had a stronger rhythmic beat receiving consistently higher preference ratings. There were significant interactions between beat strength and country, beat strength and sex, and country and sex. Among the main effects, beat strength accounted for 34% and country accounted for 2% of preference variation in this study. Interactions of beat strength and country, beat strength and sex, and country and sex accounted for 12%, 9%, and 2% of preference variation respectively.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60949810401
SN - 0010-9894
SP - 36
EP - 41
JO - Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
JF - Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
IS - 153-154
ER -