Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school students

I examine rhythmic tendencies of Korean and Western middle school students in linguistic and abstract musical contexts using a series of speaking and clapping experiments. Results indicate a preference in both groups for beat subdivisions in small integer ratios and simple binary metric interpretati...

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Main Author: Lydia N. Slobodian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2008-12-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
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Online Access:https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/35990
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spelling doaj-48f3e586d5c9428a8892355bf520e85e2020-11-25T01:47:16ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492008-12-013418720410.18061/1811/35990Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school studentsLydia N. SlobodianI examine rhythmic tendencies of Korean and Western middle school students in linguistic and abstract musical contexts using a series of speaking and clapping experiments. Results indicate a preference in both groups for beat subdivisions in small integer ratios and simple binary metric interpretations. These preferences are consistently more exaggerated in native English speaking students than in Korean students. Tempo was a significant factor in all tasks.https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/35990cross-cultural experimentationrhythmmeterperceptionlanguage
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Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school students
Empirical Musicology Review
cross-cultural experimentation
rhythm
meter
perception
language
author_facet Lydia N. Slobodian
author_sort Lydia N. Slobodian
title Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school students
title_short Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school students
title_full Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school students
title_fullStr Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school students
title_full_unstemmed Perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by Korean and English middle school students
title_sort perception and production of linguistic and musical rhythm by korean and english middle school students
publisher The Ohio State University Libraries
series Empirical Musicology Review
issn 1559-5749
publishDate 2008-12-01
description I examine rhythmic tendencies of Korean and Western middle school students in linguistic and abstract musical contexts using a series of speaking and clapping experiments. Results indicate a preference in both groups for beat subdivisions in small integer ratios and simple binary metric interpretations. These preferences are consistently more exaggerated in native English speaking students than in Korean students. Tempo was a significant factor in all tasks.
topic cross-cultural experimentation
rhythm
meter
perception
language
url https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/35990
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