Author : Cathy Nichols May
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Book Synopsis A Study of the Relationship Between the Adolescent Female Mutating Voice and Musical Self-concept by : Cathy Nichols May
Download or read book A Study of the Relationship Between the Adolescent Female Mutating Voice and Musical Self-concept written by Cathy Nichols May and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between vocal mutation and music self-concept. The problems of this study were 1) to design a measurement instrument of self-concept for females in grades three through twelve, and 2) to determine the relationship between vocal mutation in female students and musical self-concept.A researcher developed and administered an instrument to measure musical self-concept and adjusted and administered an instrument for self-classification of vocal mutation stages to 324 females (n = 324) in grades three through twelve. Both choral and non-choral students served as participants. Analysis of the results showed a moderate inverse relationship between musical self-concept and vocal mutation, meaning that as voices mutated, self-concept declined. These results were significant (p