Title: | Adults recognize toddlers’ song renditions |
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Date: | 2017-07 |
Language: | English |
Scope: | 281-291 |
University/Institute: | Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
School: | Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of Education (UI) |
Series: | Psychology of Music;46(2) |
ISSN: | 0305-7356 1741-3087 (eISSN) |
DOI: | 10.1177/0305735617711762 |
Subject: | Toddlers; Early childhood; Singing; Söngur; Ungbörn |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1000 |
Citation:Gudmundsdottir, H., & Trehub, S. (2018). Adults recognize toddlers’ song renditions. Psychology of Music, 46(2), 281–291. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735617711762
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Abstract:The present study explored the singing ability of toddlers 16 months to 3 years of age by examining
North American adults’ ability to identify toddlers’ renditions of familiar tunes sung with foreign
lyrics. After listening to each toddler’s song, half with familiar melodies and half with unfamiliar
melodies, adults attempted to name the songs. Their identification was highly accurate, refuting the
prevailing view that toddlers focus on words at the expense of tunes. The singing range of these nonEnglish-speaking toddlers and that of their English-speaking counterparts approximated the pitch
range of the target songs, which is inconsistent with the reportedly small singing range of toddlers.
Toddlers’ apparent singing proficiency in the present context may stem from the use of home-based
recordings and child-selected songs.
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