Konferenzpaper

Erschienen in: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition

Herausgeberliste: Vokalek, G

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2016

Seiten: 151-156

ISBN: 1-876346-65-5

URL: http://www.icmpc.org/icmpc14/files/ICMPC14_Proceedings.pdf

Konferenz: 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC14)

Abstract: 
The aim of our study is to investigate the perception of specific musical styles applying the well-established prototype theory of cognitive psychology. Moreover, we wish to demonstrate that the so-called prototypicality of sounding objects directs the inter-subjective decision processes and categorization. Our elicitation (spring, 2015) is based on (1) a self-developed, Lime-Survey-based, online-questionnaire (n₁=764), which consists of typicality ratings for 20 audio-stimuli (also measuring collative, aesthetic-evaluative dimensions & descriptive items), and, (2) a pre-test expert-rating (n₂=4). Audio test-stimuli were taken from previously existing songs, and musical parameters were examined with methods of popular music analysis to deliver supplementary evidence. Questionnaire participants were grouped into six different expertise levels via self-assessment. The statistical analysis of typicality-ratings for n₁ and n₂ clearly indicate that typicality effects control the ratings of the 20 audio-test-stimuli: (a) substantial inter-rater-reliability for typical and atypical items, (b) identification of prototypical items is expertise-independent and (c) relation between stylistically relevant music-parameters and typicality-rating. To conclude, most recent investigations concerning the perception of musical styles either use the linguistic approach of defining specific grammatical rules exclusively, or analyze non-musical parameters, e.g. musicians’ image or fan culture. Instead, we argue that psychology’s research paradigm of cognitive prototypes provides valuable information for understanding the concept formation and perception processes for the differentiation of musical styles.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Hantschel, F. and Bullerjahn, C. (2016) The Use of Prototype Theory for Understanding the Perception and Concept Formation of Musical Styles, in Vokalek, G. (ed.) Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. San Francisco. pp. 151-156. http://www.icmpc.org/icmpc14/files/ICMPC14_Proceedings.pdf

APA-Zitierstil: Hantschel, F., & Bullerjahn, C. (2016). The Use of Prototype Theory for Understanding the Perception and Concept Formation of Musical Styles. In Vokalek, G. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. (pp. 151-156). http://www.icmpc.org/icmpc14/files/ICMPC14_Proceedings.pdf