Recognition of Musical Instruments by Children between 4 and 6 Years of Age and Research concerning the Natural Sounds They Associate with Those Instruments

Abstract

Musical instruments help children to gain a lot of experience related to sounds and they play an important role in supporting skill development in children. In addition, with instruments children can create and explore their own music, rather than participate with and react to others. In this school-based research study 147 children were chosen randomly from among those who attended private kindergartens in high socio-economic areas in the city center of Ankara, Turkey. All children were aged between 4 and 6 years. The research methodology comprised a questionnaire to gather demographic information about the children, the use of musical instruments and a set of cards containing pictures of musical instruments. When the children were asked the question, 'What is music', they answered mainly by saying, 'playing a musical instrument'. Many of the children were able to identify musical instruments correctly when shown pictures of them.

Wahrnehmung von Klangfarben ausgewählter Orchesterinstrumente bei Vorschulkindern

“…Holzblasinstrumente waren insgesamt weniger vertraut. Schellberg (1998) Vorschulkinder verfügen somit bereits über ein Repertoire an vertrauten Instrumenten (Artan & Balat, 2003;Pick et al, 1994;Schellberg, 1998) sowie in Ansätzen über Fähigkeiten zur Klangfarbenerkennung, insbesondere über einen Zugang über bewegte Bilder (Pick et al, 1994). Eine relativ sichere Identifikation der Instrumentenfamilie wird nachgewiesen (Schellberg, 1998).…”

“…Von diesen beiden Instrumenten wird angenommen, dass sie durch die Integration in die Einführungsveranstaltung bereits vertraut sind (s. Ablauf und Datenerhebung). Diese Aufgabenstellung weicht von den o. g. Studien dahingehend ab (Artan & Balat, 2003;Pick et al, 1994;Schellberg, 1998) Die Aufgabenstellung in AG 4 bezieht sich wieder auf das Orchesterbild und lautet: "Jetzt spielen viele Instrumente zusammen. Ein Instrument kann man aber besonders gut heraushören.…”

Learning a Music Instrument in Early Childhood

“…Research by Artan and Balat (2003) reported that, when children aged between four and six years were asked 'What is music? ', they replied, 'Playing a music instrument.'…”

“…Based on research by Artan and Balat (2003), Kenney (2007), Upitas (2000) and Wright (1991), it would seem that early childhood teachers need to:…”