Temporal Sequencing Abilities in Musicians Violinists and Non-Musicians

Abstract

Introduction:The ability of temporal sequencing refers to the processing of two or more auditory stimuli in order of occurrence in time. Objective:To compare the skill of sequencing between musicians and non-musicians violinists from the frequency pattern test (FPT). Method:The prospective, constituted a group of 20 violinists and musicians non-musicians 20 participants, half matched for age and education, all males who underwent audiometric assessment and WPPT. Results:Comparing the performance in TFP between the groups was found statistically significant for the group of musicians in both ears, (p = 0.003) for the right ear (RE) and (p = 0.002) for the left ear (OE). The results of the PPT were correlated with the average frequencies, three-tone average and high frequencies mean obtaining a statistically significant only for OD being (p = 0.0047) for low frequencies, (p = 0.011) for average and tritonal (p = 0.02) for the average frequencies. The comparative analysis between the ears, the only group statistically significant variable was the mean of frequencies in the group of musicians (p <0.001). Conclusion:The performance of the group of musicians in the TPF group was superior to non-musicians. Highlights the relevance of the auditory thresholds for low frequencies, acute tritonal average performance of TPF in OD.

Avaliação dos aspectos temporais em cantores populares

“…These findings corroborate those obtained in previous studies (9,10) . A study compared the temporal ordering ability among violinists and a control group using the FPT and found that the performance of the group of musicians was better, with a statistically significant difference (9) .…”

“…These findings corroborate those obtained in previous studies (9,10) . A study compared the temporal ordering ability among violinists and a control group using the FPT and found that the performance of the group of musicians was better, with a statistically significant difference (9) . In another study (10) , the FPT was applied to professional and amateur singers singing in and out of key, and statistically significant differences were also detected regarding the performance of the groups in that test, and the group of professional singers had the best performance (96.5%), followed by the groups of amateur singers (82.3%).…”

“…Another study conducted with professional and amateur singers, signing in and out of key, showed the superiority of musicians who have received proper music theory training over the years in the temporal ordering tests compared to those who did not receive any theoretical training in music, which showed that exposure to music theory is a contributing factor to the auditory temporal processing (10) . Other studies with musicians who played a musical instrument and non-musicians showed that those with the greatest musical aptitude show superiority in temporal processing when compared to non-musicians (9,11) . There is a theoretical gap in the literature in relation to studies covering musicians and temporal processing.…”

“…Studies conducted with musicians suggest that daily musical training, used by professional musicians, can functionally induce the reorganization of the cerebral cortex. Thus, the contact with music before the age of seven could contribute to the development of the CAP and, more precisely, of the temporal processing (8,9) . Another study conducted with professional and amateur singers, signing in and out of key, showed the superiority of musicians who have received proper music theory training over the years in the temporal ordering tests compared to those who did not receive any theoretical training in music, which showed that exposure to music theory is a contributing factor to the auditory temporal processing (10) .…”

Influência da musicalização infantil nas habilidades auditivas de pré-escolares

“…When analyzing the temporal ordering of frequency skill, it was found that the participants of the GWMT presented superior performance when compared to the GNMT, by humming (nonverbal PPS) and also by naming (verbal PPS) the sound patterns in the sequence correctly. A study that compared the performance of adult violinists with non musicians, in the frequency discrimination test, found that violinists had a higher performance on the test, agreeing with the findings of this study (24) .…”