ABSTRACT

Our study explored how adolescents’ experiences and musical preferences might relate to musical identity, and the likelihood of engaging in musical activities as adults. Participants were 170 first-year university students, both music majors and non-music majors. A questionnaire collected participants’ responses regarding beliefs about music, as well as self-reported ratings of musicality and the likelihood of engaging in musical activities. Results indicated that music majors, compared to non-majors, had significantly more school music experience, higher self-ratings of musicality, and greater likelihood of engaging in musical activity. Among all participants, there was a correlation between preference for certain musical genres and appraisal of the genres’ quality (e.g. they thought that the music they like is good). Among non-music majors, school music experience was a good predictor of musicality self-rating, but at least six years of school music experience was needed for participants to consider themselves musical. The results of the study have implications for educators wishing to stave off student disengagement from music participation.

摘要

我们的研究探讨了青少年的经历和音乐偏好如何与音乐身份以及成年后参与音乐活动的可能性有关。参与者是 170 名大学一年级学生，包括音乐专业和非音乐专业。一份问卷收集了参与者对音乐信念的回答，以及自我报告的音乐性评级和参与音乐活动的可能性。结果表明，与非专业相比，音乐专业的学生有更多的学校音乐经验，更高的音乐自我评价，以及更大的参与音乐活动的可能性。在所有参与者中，对某些音乐流派的偏好与对流派质量的评价（例如，他们认为自己喜欢的音乐很好）之间存在相关性。在非音乐专业中，学校音乐经验是音乐性自我评价的一个很好的预测指标，但参与者需要至少六年的学校音乐经验才能认为自己是音乐性的。该研究的结果对希望避免学生脱离音乐参与的教育工作者具有影响。