musical perception
- noun
- /ˈmjuzɪkəl pərˈsɛpʃən/
- Specialized
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percepción musical
- Developmental psychologists at Harvard say that children's musical perception is codependent upon musical production.
Examples
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Recommendations for the improvement of instructional strategies, for better understanding of musical perception and cognition, and for dealing with the concerns of teachers and parents about the physical and mental well-being of musicians as beginners or advanced performers abound in current professional publications.
Academic text (1992) -
What makes musicianship an ongoing lifetime activity is curiosity about one's life, in which musical perception is a result of the changes in one's life.
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These at-risk students are finding and solving musical problems at unanticipated levels of musical perception, perseverance, and musical thinking.
Academic text (1991) -
I don't put a lot of stock in scientific studies of musical perception, since, again, "training" in it is so inconsistent (even among musicians).
Blog text (19) -
Although some teachers worry that this can lead to rote learning, careful listening and imitation play a critical role in the development of musical perception and achievement.
Academic text (2011) -
In a different study, Burnett (1983) concluded that rhythmic instruction significantly improved musical perception and motor skill development of preschool children with disabilities.
Academic text (2003) -
Children who engage in musical perception activities develop a strong musical perception, allowing them to recognize different notes and rhythms easily.
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Through practice and exposure, her musical perception improved, enabling her to identify complex melodies during performances.
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The workshop focused on enhancing students' musical perception, helping them interpret various musical styles through active listening.
Synonyms
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The skill of noticing and understanding sounds like music or speech
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5.5
A strong sense of music and rhythm that makes speech or movement pleasant
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A natural ability to recognize and enjoy music
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Someone who can hear very small differences in sounds or musical notes
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The ability to hear and understand sounds
The ability to hear and understand sounds around you
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'musical' (relating to music) modifying 'perception' (the act or ability of perceiving), so the meaning 'ability to perceive music' is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and not idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows both words would reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Musical perception comes from the simple picture of someone listening so closely they can almost 'see' the music. Here musical means 'about music' and perception means 'noticing and understanding', so the phrase means the ability to 'hear', 'recognize', and 'respond' to musical sounds.