The Effect of Activities of Musical Execution, Composition and Listening on Timbre Perception

This paper aims to investigate the effect of musical learning on timbre perception. More specifically, it aims to investigate the effect of the musical activities of execution, listening and composition on timbre perception. in this work was realized an experimental study with 51 six and nine-years-old children. The participants were divided in one control group and three experimental groups. All groups were submitted to a timbre perception test. Each experimental group did, before the test, a musical activity focused in performance, or appreciation or composition. The control group did no musical activity. The results observed show the existence of a significant difference between the performance of the control and experimental groups, proving the hypothesis initially presented that musical education could affect timbre perception.