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Towards a general model of skills involved in sight reading music.

Kopiez, Reinhard, In Lee, Ji·2008·Music Education Research
DOI 10.1080/14613800701871363
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Sight reading is a functional skill which is essential for all musicians involved in particular fields of western classical music culture. In the last decade, expertise theory has shown that time spent on activities is a good predictor for later achievement in a domain. However, this study is based on the hypothesis that general and elementary cognitive skills as well as practice-related skills must be considered in the explanation of outstanding sight-reading achievement. Different component skills involved in sight reading were attributed to one of three categories: (a) general cognitive skills (working memory, short-term music memory, short-term numerical memory, and Raven's D Matrices); (b) elementary cognitive skills (speed tapping, simple reaction time, trilling speed, and speed of information processing); (c) practice-related skills (practicing solo, sight reading, and inner hearing skills). This resulted in a total set of 23 predictors. These tests were used to evaluate the potential correlates of sight-reading ability. A pre-recorded pacing melody paradigm was used for the sight-reading tasks. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the best combination of predictors is trilling speed, sight-reading expertise acquired up to the age of 15, speed of information processing, and inner hearing. These four predictors can explain 59.6% of variance. Excellence in sight reading is, therefore, the result of a combination of components assumed to be practice-related (sight-r…

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Authors
Kopiez, R., & In Lee, J.
Affiliations
Hanover University of Music Drama and Media (DE)
Corresponding author
Kopiez, Reinhard
ORCID
Kopiez, Reinhard
Venue
Music Education Research
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2008-03
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
41-62
ISSN
  • 1461-3808 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9893
DOI
10.1080/14613800701871363
OpenAlex
W2117068905
Cited by
141
References
4
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FWCI
76.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Music Education Research (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
Keywords
sight-reading, music performance skills, processing speed, inner hearing, working memory, numerical memory, reaction time

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