Effect of Excerpt Duration on Adjudicator Ratings of Middle School Band Performances
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of excerpt duration and performance level on evaluator ratings. Participants (N = 70) were undergraduate music education majors at a large university in the Southeastern United States. Participants listened to 15 excerpts and rated
each on a 5-point scale. A factorial ANOVa with one between-subjects factor (order) and two within-subjects factors (excerpt duration and performance level) showed a significant interaction between performance level and duration. The mean ratings for the 'superior' performance level remained
'superior' as participants heard longer excerpts, whereas mean ratings of the 'poor' and 'good' performances decreased as excerpt duration increased.
Keywords: ADJUDICATION; DURATION; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PERFORMANCE LEVEL
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 July 2016
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