Effects of music with video on responses of nonmusic majors: An exploratory study

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Abstract

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate possible effects of visual information on nonmusic students' affective and cognitive responses to music. Excerpts were selected from compositions by Bach (abstract example) and Dukas (programmatic example) used in the movie Fantasia. One group of university nonmusic students viewed the video while hearing the music excerpts; a second group was presented the music only. All students (N = 103) completed cognitive listening tests based upon the excerpts, rated the music on Likert-type affective scales, and responded to two openended affective questions. Results indicated that there were no significant differences between presentations on the more abstract (Bach) excerpt. On the programmatic (Dukas) excerpt, mean scores of the music-plus-video group were higher than the music-only group on both cognitive and affective measures. However, effect sizes were not robust, and differences in cognitive scores were not independent of presentation order. Significantly more subjects in the music-only group used analytical descriptions of music elements for both pieces of music than did the video-group subjects. © 1996 by Music Educators National Conference.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Research in Music Education

First Page

240

Last Page

251

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