An increasing amount of research emphasises the influence of body movement on the perception of music. This study contributes to the research by investigating whether varied qualities of body movement, when aligned to music may affect the way children attribute meaning to that music. To address this question, 34 children (aged 9–10) were divided into two groups, each of which engaged in distinct listening activities by aligning with discrete versus continuous movements on diverse pieces of music. As a pre- and post-test, children were first invited to move freely to a piece of music and subsequently to draw a visual representation of the piece. Finally, they were asked to verbally explain how the drawings were linked with the music. Findings, based on the children’s drawings and verbal explanations, offer interesting insights on the way different qualities of body movement can influence the categories of visual representations, arousal and voices of the music described. Moreover, the role of visual representation emerges as a way to gain insight into a child’s musical sense-making, principally when the product is analysed together with the process and the gestures employed to accomplish it. The findings of this study may offer relevant insights for music education. Firstly, in the way movement may influence music sense-making and secondly, how multimodal interaction (bodily, visual and verbal) may inform the process of musical understanding in children.

越来越多的研究强调身体运动对音乐感知的影响。这项研究通过调查身体运动的不同品质是否会影响儿童对音乐赋予意义的方式，从而为研究做出贡献。为了解决这个问题，将 34 名儿童（9-10 岁）分为两组，每组通过与不同音乐片段的离散和连续动作对齐来参与不同的听力活动。作为前测和后测，孩子们首先被邀请自由移动到一段音乐中，然后画出这首曲子的视觉表现。最后，他们被要求口头解释这些图画是如何与音乐联系起来的。调查结果，根据孩子们的图画和口头解释，就不同质量的身体运动如何影响所描述音乐的视觉表现、唤醒和声音的类别提供有趣的见解。此外，视觉表现的作用作为一种深入了解儿童音乐意义的方式出现，主要是在分析产品以及完成它的过程和手势时。这项研究的结果可能为音乐教育提供相关的见解。首先，运动可能会影响音乐感知的方式，其次，多模式交互（身体、视觉和语言）如何影响儿童对音乐的理解过程。视觉表现的作用是作为一种深入了解儿童音乐意义的方式出现的，主要是在对产品以及完成它的过程和手势进行分析时。这项研究的结果可能为音乐教育提供相关的见解。首先，运动可能会影响音乐感知的方式，其次，多模式交互（身体、视觉和语言）如何影响儿童对音乐的理解过程。视觉表现的作用是作为一种深入了解儿童音乐意义的方式出现的，主要是在对产品以及完成它的过程和手势进行分析时。这项研究的结果可能为音乐教育提供相关的见解。首先，运动可能会影响音乐感知的方式，其次，多模式交互（身体、视觉和语言）如何影响儿童对音乐的理解过程。