Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Recommendations for instruments to assess music training? From: "Gordon, Michael" <GORDONM10@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 17:48:38 +0000--_000_SA2PR02MB767547F8BB7AB2844928E32EA5142SA2PR02MB7675namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List, I want to express my gratitude for your ideas and recommendations! Special = thanks to Massimo Grassi, Ani Patel, Bob Slevc, and Bryan Nichols for their= thoughtful responses. Below are some tools to consider when assessing musical training and backgr= ound for participants: 1. Musical Sophistication Scale - Gold MSI (listed first given its wides= pread adoption) * M=FCllensiefen, D., Gingras, B., Musil, J., & Stewart, L. (2014). = The musicality of non-musicians: An index for assessing musical sophisticat= ion in the general population. PLOS ONE, 9, e89642. https://doi.org/10.1371= /journal.pone.0089642 2. Ollen Music Sophistication Index (OMSI) * Ollen, J. E. (2006). A criterion-related validity test of selected= indicators of musical sophistication using expert ratings [electronic reso= urce]. Available at: http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?osu1161705351 * Full instrument available here: http://marcs-survey.uws.edu.au/OMS= I/ 3. Assessing Music Expertise: The Berlin Geh=F6rbildung Scale * Lin, Z., Werner, A., Lindenberger, U., Brandmaier, A. M., & Wenger= , E. (2021). Assessing music expertise: The Berlin Geh=F6rbildung Scale. Mu= sic Perception, 38(4), 406-421. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2021.38.4.406 4. The Edinburgh Lifetime Musical Experience Questionnaire * Okely, J. A., Deary, I. J., & Overy, K. (2021). The Edinburgh Life= time Musical Experience Questionnaire (ELMEQ): Responses and non-musical co= rrelates in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. PLOS ONE, 16(7), e0254176. https= ://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254176 5. Montreal Battery for Evaluation of Musical Abilities (MBEMA) * Peretz, I., Gosselin, N., Nan, Y., Caron-Caplette, E., Trehub, S. = E., & B=E9land, R. (2013). A novel tool for evaluating children's musical a= bilities across age and culture. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 7, 30. = https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00030 Additionally, a very helpful resource is: * Ilari, B., & Habibi, A. (2023). The musician-nonmusician conundrum an= d developmental music research. In E. H. Margulis, P. Loui, & D. Loughridge= (Eds.), The Science-Music Borderlands: Reckoning with the Past, Imagining = the Future (pp. 329-345). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press<https://mitpress.mit.edu= /9780262047647/the-science-music-borderlands/>. [Free/open access!!] Thank you again, and Happy New Year! Mike Dr. Michael Gordon Professor of Psychology William Paterson University Gordonm10@xxxxxxxx --_000_SA2PR02MB767547F8BB7AB2844928E32EA5142SA2PR02MB7675namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:m=3D"http://schema= s.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html= 40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Aptos;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; 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Special thanks to Massimo G= rassi, Ani Patel, Bob Slevc, and Bryan Nichols for their thoughtful respons= es. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Below are some tool= s to consider when assessing musical training and background for participan= ts:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <ol style=3D"margin-top:0in" start=3D"1" type=3D"1"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style=3D= "font-size:11.0pt">Musical Sophistication Scale – Gold MSI</span></b>= <span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"> (listed first given its widespread adopti= on)<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"circle"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11.0pt">M=FCllensiefen, D., Gingras, B., Musil, J., & Stewart, = L. (2014). <i>The musicality of non-musicians: An index for assessing musical sophisti= cation in the general population.</i> <i>PLOS ONE, 9</i>, e89642. <a href=3D"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone= .0089642" target=3D"_new"> https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089642</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul= > <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style=3D= "font-size:11.0pt">Ollen Music Sophistication Index (OMSI)</span></b><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style=3D"margin-top:0= in" type=3D"circle"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11.0pt">Ollen, J. E. (2006). <i>A criterion-related validity test of selected indicators of musical soph= istication using expert ratings [electronic resource].</i> Available at: <a href=3D"http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?osu1161705351" target=3D"_n= ew">http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?osu1161705351</a><o:p></o:p></span= ></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style= =3D"font-size:11.0pt">Full instrument available here: <a href=3D"http://marcs-survey.uws.edu.au/OMSI/" target=3D"_new">http://mar= cs-survey.uws.edu.au/OMSI/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style=3D= "font-size:11.0pt">Assessing Music Expertise: The Berlin Geh=F6rbildung Sca= le</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul st= yle=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"circle"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11.0pt">Lin, Z., Werner, A., Lindenberger, U., Brandmaier, A. M., &= amp; Wenger, E. (2021). <i>Assessing music expertise: The Berlin Geh=F6rbildung Scale.</i> <i>Music= Perception, 38</i>(4), 406–421. <a href=3D"https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2021.38.4.406" target=3D"_new">https:= //doi.org/10.1525/mp.2021.38.4.406</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style=3D= "font-size:11.0pt">The Edinburgh Lifetime Musical Experience Questionnaire<= /span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style= =3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"circle"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11.0pt">Okely, J. A., Deary, I. J., & Overy, K. (2021). <i>The Edinburgh Lifetime Musical Experience Questionnaire (ELMEQ): Respons= es and non-musical correlates in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936.</i> <i>PLOS ONE, 16</i>(7), e0254176. <a href=3D"https://doi.org/10.1371/journa= l.pone.0254176" target=3D"_new"> https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254176</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul= > <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style=3D= "font-size:11.0pt">Montreal Battery for Evaluation of Musical Abilities (MB= EMA)</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul = style=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"circle"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11.0pt">Peretz, I., Gosselin, N., Nan, Y., Caron-Caplette, E., Treh= ub, S. E., & B=E9land, R. (2013). <i>A novel tool for evaluating children's musical abilities across age and = culture.</i> <i>Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 7</i>, 30. <a href=3D"https://doi.org= /10.3389/fnsys.2013.00030"> https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00030</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> </ol> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Additionally, a ver= y helpful resource is:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"disc"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11.0pt">Ilari, B., & Habibi, A. (2023). <i>The musician-nonmusician conundrum and developmental music research.</i>= In E. H. Margulis, P. Loui, & D. Loughridge (Eds.), <i><a href=3D"https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047647/the-science-music-bord= erlands/">The Science-Music Borderlands: Reckoning with the Past, Imagining= the Future<span style=3D"font-style:normal"> (pp. 329–345). Cambridg= e, MA: MIT Press</span></a><span style=3D"font-style:normal">. <b>[Free/open access!!]</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></li></ul> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Thank you again, an= d Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Mike<o:p></o:p></sp= an></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standa= rdcontextual">Dr. Michael Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standa= rdcontextual">Professor of Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standa= rdcontextual">William Paterson University<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standa= rdcontextual">Gordonm10@xxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_SA2PR02MB767547F8BB7AB2844928E32EA5142SA2PR02MB7675namp_--