The Effects of Familiarity and Audiovisual Stimuli on Preference for Classical Music

• Autores: Karla Hamlen, Thomas Shuell
• Localización: Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, ISSN 0010-9894, Nº 168, 2006, págs. 21-34
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study examined the impact of visual material on students¿ attitudes toward traditional music genres. Eight classes of 7th-grade students listened to 12 classical music excerpts, either with or without audiovisual stimuli. Students rated both their familiarity with and preference for each excerpt. A significant relationship between familiarity and preference was found. Presenting a video clip along with the music resulted in higher ratings of both familiarity and preference compared to audio-only, although the difference in preference was not statistically significant when familiarity was controlled. Among the three types of video presentations used in the study¿unrelated, related, and performing ensemble¿the unrelated-video condition is the only one for which the audiovisual group preferred the music more than the audio-only group.