The difficulties associated with measuring the complex construct of musicianship have received considerable attention in the music psychology literature. Multiple measures exist for various constructs, yet the need for the careful replication and documentation of the use of these measures remains an area of critical importance. Here, we describe the replication of the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index (Gold-MSI) in a sample of 346 university students, drawn from both a school of music and a department of psychology. The original approach to modeling the Gold-MSI was followed as closely as possible, and the results replicated well overall. Issues were noted, however, with the characteristics of the sample, the skew of some of the individual items, and the overall use of the bifactor structure. These findings are discussed in relation to the state of measuring musicianship in the current literature, as well as in relation to the larger theoretical concerns surrounding the modeling of complex psychological and musical constructs.

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检查音乐的复杂性：对高史密斯音乐复杂性指数的复制和理论评论

在音乐心理学文献中，与衡量音乐人的复杂结构有关的困难已得到相当多的关注。存在多种针对各种构造的措施，但是仍然需要对这些措施的使用进行仔细复制和记录，这仍然是至关重要的领域。在这里，我们描述了来自音乐学校和心理学系的346名大学生样本中的戈德史密斯音乐复杂度指数（Gold-MSI）的复制情况。尽可能严格地遵循原始的Gold-MSI建模方法，并且结果在总体上可以很好地复制。但是，注意到了与样本的特性，某些单个项目的偏斜以及双因素结构的整体使用有关的问题。