Abstract
Participants (N=20) enrolled in two separate applied studios listened to the same art song during their weekly lesson for six consecutive weeks, using a CRDI dial to measure perceived musical tension as they listened. In addition, members of one studio (n=10) studied and prepared the specific song used during listening tasks. Similar to methods used in previous research in this area, the investigator did not provide a definition of musical tension; all participants were allowed to define this construct in their own manner. Results indicated a high degree of consistency among responses, both in comparisons of overall means of participant groups and in comparisons of week-‐by-‐week means within each group. Participants in this study generally perceived tension in a similar manner, and did not seem to demonstrate any significant changes in perception of tension due to performance experience, increased musical knowledge, or repeated hearings of the song.
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