This was done to find optimal conditions of musical aptitude test as a preliminary study for developing such test. In this study. five considerations might be suggested as follows. First. an united concept about musical aptitude needs to be establishe...
This was done to find optimal conditions of musical aptitude test as a preliminary study for developing such test. In this study. five considerations might be suggested as follows. First. an united concept about musical aptitude needs to be established through professional musician's theoretical judgements and empirical studies such as factor analysis. Second, test materials need to be adopted from musical context itself rather than from simple mechanical sounds. Also, it is necessary that test contents should include musical sensitivity and musical preferences Third. in developing musical aptitude tests, a paradigm needs to be changed from indirect measurement to direct measurement. Fourth, considerations on measurement characteristics such as reliability, validity, standardization should be emphasized. Fifth, it is necessary to develop our own musical aptitude test which is appropriate to our cultural background.