Screening musicality in children: Development and initial validation of a new tool for rapid assessment of musical profiles.

ABSTRACT: Musical development in childhood follows universal trajectories, such as the acquisition of basic rhythm and pitch recognition, alongside individual differences shaped by environmental, educational, and innate factors. Despite the importance of understanding these aspects for both research and educational purposes, there remains a significant gap in the availability of validated tools that can quickly and comprehensively assess musicality in children. To address this gap, this paper presents a series of studies on the development and validation of the Child Musicality Screening, a standardised instrument for the assessment of musicality in children aged 3 to 10 years. In Study 1, an initial pool of items was compiled and administered to 810 adults (293 English-speaking, 517 German-speaking

SUBMITTER: Buren V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11882079 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature