The Relationship between the Development of Pitch Identification and the Change in Musical Ability

我们进行了音乐能力的实际测试和练习。这项研究包括视阅读和重复的音乐乐句给予听觉。调查中使用的任务仅限于三个连续的音符。特别是，我们注意到14人的音乐能力低的音高。我们开发了“阅读-复述系统”，以便在测试和练习中更准确地捕捉它们的变化。通过分析它们的变化，我们推测了以下三点关于音高识别和再现所必需的心理活动。(1)他们的音高记忆功能不能正常工作。(2)在不准确地重复乐句后不久，他们对音高的整体心理功能会产生一段时间的干扰;（3）随着音乐能力的提高，他们开始对三种音高的差异有相对的把握。

We carried out practical test and exercises for musical ability. This investigation consisted of sight reading and repetition of musical phrases given aurally. The task used in the investigation was limited to three consecutive notes. Particularly, we paid attention to 14 people who have low musical ability about pitch. We developed"reading-repetition system"to catch their transformation more precisely during the test and exercises. From an analysis of their transformation, we guessed the following three points about the action of the mind which is necessary for identification and reproduction of pitch. (1) Their memory function of the pitch does not work normally. (2) Soon after they repeat musical phrase inaccurately, they disrupt to the overall mental function regarding pitch for a while, and (3) As their musical ability improves, they begin to grasp the differences in three pitches relatively.