Perceiving of a music format preschool and younger school age

Abstract

Listening to music and perceiving and understanding a music piece are complex processes that depend on many factors. How a music piece of work will be accepted and understood is greatly influenced by the age, music experience, preparation before listening, as well as the actual realization of the given activity, that is, the methodical procedures used in the field of music education. Perceiving and understanding the music form is an abstract and one of a more difficult tasks facing children and students, if there is no preparation before listening to music, explanation, or correlation with other areas. Also, the perception of a music form, in itself, is the most complex mental activity, which includes, in addition to the ability of music perception of children/pupils, the cognitive data processing, that is, the ability of abstract musical thinking. The aim of the paper is to explore how children at preschool and younger school age perceive and understand the musical form of certain compositions with prior preparation before listening to music. The research was carried out on a sample of children of pre-school age and children of the first and second grade of elementary school. The results showed that children with more hands-on experience and those who had interdisciplinary content involved before music activities were better in recognizing the music form.

Keywords

• listening to music
• music form
• perception and reception of a music piece
• pre-school and younger school age