The contribution of musical sophistication to musical perceptive abilities

Glazbena profinjenost sugerira višu razinu stručnosti i razumijevanja glazbe od muzikalnosti koja predstavlja općenitiji pojam. Glazbene perceptivne sposobnosti odnose se na sposobnosti osobe da percipira i analizira glazbene elemente kao što su ritam, melodija, harmonija i dinamika. Cilj ovog rada bio je provjeriti koliko dobro samopercipirana glazbena profinjenost predviđa glazbene perceptivne sposobnosti. Istraživanje je provedeno na prigodnom uzorku građana RH (N = 287; 54.4% žena, M = 34.5, TRdobi = 18–75 godina). Sudionici su ispunjavali Mini-PROMS (Test glazbenih perceptivnih sposobnosti) i Goldsmiths indeks glazbene profinjenosti (Gold-MSI). Eksploratorna faktorska analiza (EFA) djelomično je potvrdila valjanost Gold-MSI upitnika i opravdanost njegove upotrebe na hrvatskom uzorku. Kako bi se provjerio odnos dimenzija glazbene profinjenosti i glazbenih perceptivnih sposobnosti provedeno je deset regresijskih analiza. Prediktorske varijable predstavljale su dimenzije glazbene profinjenosti (aktivna uključenost, perceptivne sposobnosti, glazbena naobrazba, pjevačke sposobnosti, emocije) u prvih pet analiza i opća glazbena profinjenost u drugih pet analiza, dok je kriterij bio ukupan rezultat na Mini-PROMS-u i njegovim podljestvicama. Najviše je ukupno objašnjeno 33.4% varijance kriterija za ukupan rezultat na Mini-PROMS-u kada su prediktori dimenzije glazbene profinjenosti. Perceptivne sposobnosti, glazbena naobrazba i opća glazbena profinjenost pokazali su se značajnim samostalnim prediktorom glazbenih perceptivnih sposobnosti.Musical sophistication suggests a higher level of expertise and understanding of music than musicality, which is a more general term. Musical perceptual abilities refer to one’s ability to perceive and analyze musical elements, such as rhythm, melody, harmony and dynamics. The aim of this work was to examine how well self-perceived musical sophistication predicts musical perceptive abilities. The research was conducted on a convenient sample of Croatian citizens (N = 287 (of which 54.4% were women); M = 34.5, TRage = 18–75 years). Participants filled in the Mini-PROMS (Test of Musical Perceptive Abilities) and the Gold-MSI (Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index). An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to investigate the factor structure of the Gold-MSI Questionnaire. The results of the EFA show that Gold-MSI is not a fully valid questionnaire for use with the population of citizens of the Republic of Croatia. Ten regression analysis were used to examine the relationship between musical sophistication and musical perceptual abilities. The predictor variables represented facets of musical sophistication (active engagement, perceptual abilities, musical training, singing abilities, emotions) in the first five analysis and general musical sophistication in the other five, while the criterion was the total score on the Mini-PROMS and its subscales. At most, 33,4% of criterion variance for the total score on the Mini-PROMS was explained when the predictors were dimensions of musical sophistication. Perceptual abilities, musical training and general musical sophistication were found to be significant independent predictors of musical perceptual abilities