[Receptive musical aptitude using a binaural frequency discrimination test]

Folia Phoniatr Logop. 1995;47(4):236-41. doi: 10.1159/000266355.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Musical aptitude is the most important precondition for any applicant taking up studies at a music conservatory. Thus, the applicants are tested and assessed very thoroughly by experienced music teachers. To support these subjective results by objective data a procedure was developed allowing to test both the examinee's frequency and octave discrimination capacity in a simple way. In a 1-Hz cycle the frequencies f1 and f2 are directed mutually to the right and left ear, respectively, at a defined sound level. Then the examinee is asked to syntonize e.g. frequency equality f1 = f2 (or f1 = 2 x f2). It can be shown that there is a direct correlation between the amount of deviation from nominal frequency and subjective assessment of musicality.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aptitude*
  • Attention
  • Dichotic Listening Tests*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Music*
  • Pitch Discrimination*
  • Reference Values
  • Sound Spectrography