Multimodal exploration in elementary music classroom

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Contributors

  • Martha Papadogianni - , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Ercan Altinsoy - , Chair of Acoustics and Haptics (Author)
  • Areti Andreopoulou - , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Author)

Abstract

Vibrotactile feedback can support and enhance various musical learning processes of both children and adults, thus improving their musical experience. However, until now, to the best knowledge of the authors, only a few studies have focused on the auditory-tactile music perception in childhood. In this paper, we evaluate a bimodal auditory-tactile teaching approach for elementary school children. The experiment was designed based on the two-group-pretest-posttest design. Children allocated to the experimental group were subjected to auditory-tactile music training, while those allocated to the control-group completed the same training sessions stimulated by audio-only signals. Both groups received common, especially designed musical activities, divided into sixteen sessions. In order to evaluate the experimental procedure, children completed an auditory ability test in three different timepoints: before, half-way through, and at the end of the study. Data from 60 children were analyzed. The main aim of the study was to explore beat sensitivity in simple and complex music metrical structures and examine whether auditory-tactile stimulation could enhance the children’s ability to recognize beat within various musical contexts. Results demonstrate notable performance improvements within the experimental group, suggesting that a multimodal music experience can improve beat induction abilities of both simple and complex meters for elementary school children.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)55-68
Number of pages14
JournalJournal on Multimodal User Interfaces
Volume18
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0803-8818/work/190131228

Keywords

Keywords

  • Beat perception, Elementary education vibro-tactile stimulation, Enculturation, Multimodal feedback, Multimodal intervention