Timbre Hearing in Musical Development of Pre-school and Younger School Children

Abstract

The paper defines the timbre hearing as one of musical hearing abilities. It summarizes the principles of testing of timbre hearing that have been part of non-standardized musical tests since the mid-20th century.

The author also presents two levels of own test for preschool children and pupils of younger school age. She derives recommendations for music education and musical psychology from the research.

Keywords

• timbre hearing
• pre-school children
• younger school children