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Effects of Musical Training on Key and Harmony Perception
Author(s) -
Corrigall Kathleen A.,
Trainor Laurel J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04769.x
Subject(s) - chord (peer to peer) , harmony (color) , perception , musical , psychology , key (lock) , music perception , music theory , cognitive psychology , computer science , art , visual arts , neuroscience , distributed computing , computer security
Even adults with no formal music lessons have implicit musical knowledge acquired through exposure to the music of their culture. Two of these abilities are knowledge of key membership (which notes belong in a key) and harmony (chord progressions). Studies to date suggest that perception of harmony emerges around 5–6 years of age. Using simple tasks, we found that formal music training influences key and harmony perception in 3‐ to 6‐year‐olds, and that even nonmusicians as young as 3 years have some knowledge of key membership and harmony.